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We Are Climbing the Kardashev Scale. Here's the Actual Scoreboard.
5/4/2026
This Week in Voltage Construction has officially begun on TerraPower's Natrium reactor at Kemmerer, Wyoming — and if you want a single image to represent humanity's current position on the Kardashev ladder, this is it. A sodium-cooled fast reactor rising from a former coal town,…
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