TerraPower, the nuclear innovation company founded by Bill Gates, has secured regulatory approval to construct an advanced small modular reactor (SMR) facility in the United States, marking a major step toward commercializing next-generation nuclear power technology.

Romania’s interim prime minister Ilie Bolojan , in an interview for Hotnews.ro on May 15, questioned the future of the small modular reactor (SMR) project developed by state-controlled Nuclearelectrica (BVB: SNN) in partnership with smaller private partner Nova Power and Gas, based on the still not tested (deployed) technology developed by US company NuScale. Nuclearelectruca will be left with some papers and a plot of land after it invested USD 240 million, PM Bolojan warned. “Let me give you an example, one of the projects that was talked about in these years was the SMR project at Doiceşti.