This note was quite short, so Bill Gates didn't go into much details. The details are: * Bill believes in a new nuclear fission technology that addresses the

This note was quite short, so Bill Gates didn't go into much details. The details are: * Bill believes in a new nuclear fission technology that addresses the concern of nuclear waste, traveling wave reactor [1]. * He financed a startup called TerraPower [2] to demonstrate and then to put in use this technology * Being aware of the strong anti-nuclear sentiment in the US and of the more friendly attitude in China, he signed an agreement with China National Nuclear Corporation to build a 600MW reactor in China * With the new US administration more hawkish approach towards China, some new restrictions on nuclear deals were announced by the Department of Energy in October [3] * Gates' TerraPower venture found itself in the crosshairs of these restrictions, so the deal with the CNNC became for all practical purposes void [4] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_wave_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_wave_reactor [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerraPower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerraPower [3] https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-measures-prevent-china-s-illegal-diversion-us-civil-nuclear-technology https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-measures-preve... [4] https://www.rt.com/business/447910-bill-gates-nuclear-china/ https://www.rt.com/business/447910-bill-gates-nuclear-china/