Bill Gates’s Nuclear Venture Plans Reactor to Supplement Solar, Wind Power

Bill Gates’s Nuclear Venture Plans Reactor to Supplement Solar, Wind Power
In this April 21, 2018, file photo, Bill Gates speaks in Washington. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo
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WASHINGTON—A nuclear energy venture founded by Bill Gates said Thursday it hopes to build small advanced nuclear power stations that can store electricity to supplement grids increasingly supplied by intermittent sources like solar and wind power.

The effort is targeted at helping improve grid reliability.