Joe Mathieu

They want to have that cited and chosen by the end of this year, by the end of 2025.

So construction can begin in the year ahead.

You heard our conversation with Governor Cox and the CEO of Valor Atomics.

And we have a different individual from that future ecosystem who is with us today alongside the governor.

First, let's introduce Spencer Cox, the governor of Utah.

It's great to see you again, sir.

Welcome back to Bloomberg TV and radio.

And Chris Levesque is with us as well, the CEO of TerraPower, which is working on an advanced nuclear reactor that would be sited in Utah.

Gentlemen, I'd like to ask you both about how all this is going to work.

And Governor, why we're in fact adding another name to this list.

What does this mean today to reaching that new level of power in Utah?

Chris, I'd love to hear about what you are working on at TerraPower because it's a little bit different than some of the other nuclear technology that our viewers and listeners are probably used to.

Natrium reactors are your specialty that use liquid sodium instead of water as a coolant.

Does that make them safer or more dangerous?

All right, Chris.

Well, I mean, that's a heck of an elevator pitch.

And Governor, we're talking about some pretty esoteric technology here using gravity and thermal convection to enable passive cooling in this Natrium reactor.

Last time you were on with us, Governor, you talked about a whole different approach to these small size micro scale reactors.

Do you understand you're becoming an expert on nuclear science or are you just calling the smart guys to do the work?

Really interesting.