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Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and Warren Buffet will invest a billion dollar to build a new generation of nuclear power plant

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are planning to spend US$1 billion (approximately 6.39 billion yuan) to jointly build a new generation of nuclear power plants, which will be safer than traditional nuclear power plants. , Better performance and lower cost.

Gates’ company TerraPower and Buffett’s power company PacifiCorp said in a press release that the company has chosen to develop its first nuclear power plant project in Wyoming. The project is named “Natrium” and will first be located in an old coal plant. Start work. In addition, the two companies stated that they will announce the exact location of the “Natrium” project nuclear power plant demonstration plant before the end of 2021.

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In addition, TerraPower and PacifiCorp said the nuclear power plant will be able to produce 500 megawatts of electricity during peak demand periods, which will be enough to power approximately 400,000 homes.

Bill Gates said at a press conference, “The plant will use sodium reactors and molten salt energy storage systems, which will be safer, better performance, and lower cost than traditional nuclear power. The “Natrium” project will be the energy industry’s A game-changer.” In addition, Gates also said, “Wyoming is the largest coal-producing state and has been a leader in the energy sector for more than a century.

We hope that the investment in the “Natrium” project will enable Wyoming to become a state in the next few years. Maintain its leading position in the energy field for ten years.” TerraPower was founded by Bill Gates 15 years ago.

The company recently received 80 million US dollars of initial funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to demonstrate the “Natrium” project, and the Department of Energy has also promised in the future Provide more project funds in a few years.

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