Buffett And Gates Are Building A Nuclear Plant In Coal Country

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have chosen a top U.S. coal-producing state as the location for a new kind of nuclear reactor, using Natrium as its power source.  The natrium power plant, with an anticipated cost of $1 billion, will repurpose a coal plant for its operations in Wyoming, with the exact location to be announced by the end of 2021. The partners hope this will help the U.S. on its way to a carbon-zero future.  The development consists of a 345-megawatt sodium-cooled fast reactor with molten salt-based energy storage that could…