Bill Gates tours Kemmerer plant

KEMMERER — Bill Gates had an event-filled day in Kemmerer on Friday, May 5, as he toured the Naughton Power Plant, saw the site where TerraPower will build a nuclear reactor and stopped by Fossil Fuel Coffee Company before a press conference in the afternoon.

TerraPower president and CEO Chris Levesque thanked everyone for their support.

“We have noticed people in Wyoming have a high energy IQ,” Levesque told a packed room at the Best Western Fossil Country Inn. “You have been powering our country and economy with energy for decades and that makes this a great place to build this plant and develop this technology.”