Housing & Development · Kemmerer, WY
TerraPower Provides Oct. 15 Update on Kemmerer Nuclear Plant Construction
TerraPower leadership, including Founder Bill Gates and CEO Chris Levesque, met in Kemmerer on Thursday, October 15 to provide a construction update on Kemmerer Unit 1, the Natrium nuclear power plant under construction in southern Lincoln County. Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, U.S. Senator John Barrasso, Utah Governor Spencer Cox, Idaho Governor Brad Little, and other elected officials toured the Test & Fill facility and the excavation site for the future nuclear island. The sodium testing facility is 30,000 square feet, 110 feet tall, and will hold over 300 tonnes of liquid sodium to test reactor components before installation.