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Nuclear Firm First in US to Produce Power From Advanced Reactor

California-based startup Valar Atomics has successfully generated electricity from an advanced nuclear reactor to power an Nvidia AI chip. While the energy output was minimal, this marks the first time a next-generation reactor design has produced power in the United States.

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