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 Bill Gates says "support for nuclear power is very impressive in both parties" amid new plant in Wyoming.  
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates said that he's "quite confident" that a next generation nuclear power project will continue regardless of the balance of power in Washington next year, saying "support for nuclear power is very impressive in both parties."

Gates and his energy company TerraPower are spearheading a major project that broke ground in Kemmerer, Wyoming last week — a nuclear power plant that relies on sodium cooling rather than water, which is believed to both simplify the process while also being safer, and could make nuclear energy a source of low-cost electricity.

The company applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March for a construction permit an advanced nuclear reactor using sodium. The project is on track to start producing power by 2030....
 
 According to Bill Gates, support for nuclear power is "very impressive in both parties" in the United States . Gates made this statement during an interview with CBS News on the program "Face the Nation". He expressed confidence that a next-generation nuclear power project, spearheaded by his energy company TerraPower, will continue regardless of the balance of power in Washington 
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