Amazon-Backed Next-Generation Nuclear Facility Planned for Washington State
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Summary
Amazon is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, a next-generation nuclear power plant planned for Richland, Washington. The project is a partnership between Amazon, X-energy, and Energy Northwest, representing one of the nation's first advanced nuclear facilities. The announcement includes the facility's name and renderings of the plant design.
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Amazon is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to get the effort off the ground
The effort includes a coalition of partners coming together to deploy the reactors engineered by X-energy
Renderings of the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, a planned nuclear plant near Richland, Wash.
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