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Fate of Natrium nuclear plant may depend on turning bombs into fuel

TerraPower's Natrium nuclear power facility in Kemmerer will need its first fuel delivery in 2025, years before a domestic fuel supply will be available.

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Oregon regulators question nuclear schedule for Kemmerer

TerraPower plans to build the first-of-its-kind "advanced" Natrium nuclear power plant next to the Naughton coal-fired power plant in Kemmerer, which will be decommissioned before the nuclear plant goes online in 2028.

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