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Tech companies want small nuclear reactors. Here’s how they’d work

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Google and Amazon announced agreements with companies developing small modular reactors.

These reactors would produce less power than current reactors.

Many designs include different types of fuel or coolants, plus additional safety features.

Nuclear energy is a pillar of the Biden administration’s plan to achieve climate goals.

Many small modular reactors would use uranium enriched up to 20 percent U-235, known as high-assay low-enriched uranium, or HALEU.

The United States doesn’t produce HALEU commercially in significant quantities, but efforts have begun to rev up, in anticipation of the need.

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