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Nuclear Bros: Silicon Valley's Young Founders Race to Restart American Atomic Power

A new cohort of young, venture-backed founders — dubbed "nuclear bros" — is competing to build and operate reactors in the United States, framing atomic power as the engine of a domestic energy comeback during the Trump administration. Sili

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