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EPISODE · Dec 15, 2025 · 19 MIN

Kansas will get nuclear reactors buried underground. CEO says it’s ‘safe, clean, and good’

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On Dec. 9, Deep Fission broke ground on the pilot program to bury small modular reactors underground in Parsons, Kansas. This project is the first of its kind in the United States, and comes as part of the Trump Administration’s effort to advance the nation’s nuclear power. 

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