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Governor Glenn Youngkin joins BWX Technologies' executives in snipping the ribbon for a new tech center where they hope to build small, modular nuclear reactors.
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Last week, Lynchburg celebrated the opening of an innovation center owned by the nuclear energy giant BWX Technologies.They hope to build a small reactor that could be mass produced and shipped almost anywhere. Speeches were inspiring – full of hope and promise, but some energy experts are skeptical when it comes to small, modular nuclear reactors.
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