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He outlined plans to overhaul the U.S. nuclear regulator, fast-track licenses for new projects, boost domestic fuel supplies and use federal lands for reactors for the military, or for large data centers for artificial intelligence.

The company’s “micro-modular” reactor is designed to be built in a cube that can be placed almost anywhere—including at remote mining locations that can’t easily get power from the grid.

These prevent nuclear waste and nuclear fuel in the reactors from heating up and causing radiation leakage.

One of Ms. Badenoch’s best zingers: “While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China was building five nuclear reactors.”

The stunt was pulled off by activists aiming to save the reactor, taking a page from the antinuclear playbook of Greenpeace and other groups who long sought to close it.