Amazon pledges to build 5GW of small modular reactors

Cecilia Keating
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Amazon pledges to build 5GW of small modular reactors

Retailer says it will work with technology firm X-Energy to bring string of US nuclear projects to market by 2039

The nascent small modular reactor (SMR) industry chalked up a major win this week, after Amazon announced it was working with a US nuclear technology firm to bring more than 5GW of power projects online...

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