A Bill Gates-backed energy company is developing what could be a game-changing nuclear reactor. Following a US Department of Energy investment worth $40 million and a partnership with energy provider Southern Company, TerraPower plans on opening a new laboratory next year. Gates’ company wants to develop a molten-chloride prototype by 2030, and the laboratory will be used to test reactor materials in the meantime. John Gilleland, the company’s chief technology officer, told Business Insider that molten chloride designs are the “ultimate green reactor.”
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