“Texas is the energy capital of the world, and we are ready to be No. 1 in advanced nuclear power,” Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in a news release Monday announcing the final report produced by the Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group (TANRWG) that he created in August, 2023. The group’s charge was to conduct a study and report detailing the potential for Texas to become a leader in the arena of advanced nuclear technology creation and deployment in the same way it currently leads the nation in oil and gas, and the deployment of wind and solar power generation.
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