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FILE - Offshore wind turbines of South Fork Wind operate off the coast of Block Island, R.I., Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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FILE - A pumpjack operates in the foreground while a wind turbine at the Buckeye Wind Energy wind farm rises in the distance, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Construction continues at the TRISO-X energy fuel fabrication facility Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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Construction continues at the TRISO-X energy fuel fabrication facility Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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Taylor Duffin, of TRISO-X, a subsidiary of X-Energy, looks at a sample of TRISO fuel through a microscope Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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A TRISO fuel cell is measured Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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Tyler Gerczak, left, of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Dan Brown, right, of TRISO-X a subsidiary of X-Energy, describe the method of manufacturing TRISO fuel in a laboratory Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)