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  "id": 9649351,
  "title": "Backed by US and Amazon, X-energy pushes small nuclear reactor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/backed-by-us-and-amazon-x-energy-pushes-small-nuclear-reactor",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-23T23:53:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/backed-by-us-and-amazon-x-energy-pushes-small-nuclear-reactor/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The federal government has thrown its weight into reviving America’s long-stagnant nuclear industry, and X-energy’s first-of-a-kind reactor project is among the biggest beneficiaries so far. The US Department of Energy last month said it would award $1 billion to X-energy, an Amazon-backed advanced nuclear startup working to bring four novel 80-megawatt electric reactors online at a Dow Chemical…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}