Government Greenlights Nuclear Project After Eight Years—But Will It Serve America’s True Energy Needs?

In a rare break from years of bureaucratic gridlock, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted its first commercial nuclear construction permit in nearly a decade. The recipient is TerraPower, a company heavily funded by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, aiming to build a sodium-cooled reactor in Wyoming. On the surface, this $4 billion project near Kemmerer promises high-tech energy generation capable of powering up to 400,000 homes. Yet when peeling back the layers, one must ask: does this approval truly advance America’s sovereignty and energy security, or does it entangle taxpayers in an expensive experiment driven more by Silicon...