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	Podcast:		Short Wave
	Episode:		Can Nuclear Power Save A Struggling Coal Town?
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:12:47
	Publish Date:		2022-03-24 04:10:11
	Description:		A struggling Wyoming coal town may soon go nuclear with help from an unlikely partner, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates. NPR Correspondent Kirk Siegler takes us to Kemmerer, Wyo., where Gates' power company, supported by public funds, plans to open a new type of nuclear energy plant in hopes of replacing a closing coal plant. The model facility would create jobs and provide the flexible baseline energy needed to back up solar, wind and other renewables. But is it a good fit for rural Kemmerer?
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