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VCs have poured billions into a nascent nuclear technology — these are the 4 companies to watch

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There's no official standard that defines a small modular reactor, or SMR , according to nuclear experts.

The industry consensus is that SMRs produce less power than traditional reactors.

There are no SMRs up and running in the U.S. According to the Nuclear Energy Agency , three are in China , Russia , Japan .

Terrapower co-founded by Gates , a vocal proponent of nuclear energy, is building a sodium-cooled fast reactor in Wyoming .

Newcleo is a new player in the reactor field that launched in 2021 and is based in Paris .

NuScale has yet to ink a deal to develop one of its reactors in the US .

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