✅ Final Thoughts Friday for 2024-10-18

A week of Google and Amazon moves in nuclear power from small modular reactors.

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Two stories that caught me eye this week:

• Google moves towards power from small modular reactors. ⚛️ ☢️

• Amazon moves funding towards small modular reactors. ⚛️ ☢️

Techmeme: Google signs an deal to buy nuclear energy generated from multiple small modular reactors developed by US-based Kairos Power, targeting 500 MW by 2035 (Jennifer Hiller/Wall Street Journal)

By Jennifer Hiller / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.