U.S. Energy Department Invests in Small-Scale Nuclear Reactors

Clean Techies: Small, nearly meltdown-proof nuclear reactors are receiving a big boost from the U.S. Department of Energy. The department will give a company in Corvallis, Oregon, as much as $226 million to develop so-called “small modular reactors,” which can be used with many local power grids that can’t accommodate conventional nuclear reactors.

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