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Bill Gates has financed a nuclear reactor in Wyoming that just started construction. It’s what’s known as a Natrium Reactor and uses a sodiumcooled fast reactor combined with an energy storage system. That's a lot of words, but just what does the thing do? Let’s have a look.

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