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Bill Gates-founded; Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor under construction in Wyoming.

Bellevue, WA, US · 2006
Milestone note Jun 2026

Natrium enters UK regulatory review (first overseas)

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TerraPower / UK ONR — TerraPower's Natrium design was accepted into the UK's Generic Design Assessment, with the Office for Nuclear Regulation, the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales beginning Step 1 in June 2026 — the sodium-cooled fast reactor's first overseas licensing push, following its US construction permit at Kemmerer. The same 345 MWe design with molten-salt storage boosting to 500 MW.