Deep Fission releases safety design agreement for Kansas nuclear pilot project
TOPEKA — The company building a nuclear reactor one mile underground in Parsons made its federally approved safety report available to the public Monday. The U.S. Department of Energy approved Deep Fission Inc.’s safety design for its Gravity nuclear reactor in July. The company publicly shared the report, with only a few small redactions that […]
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