There are two ways for tech companies to invest in nuclear power right now. Amazon chose the other approach, buying a stake in X-energy, the next-generation nuclear company for which the tech behemoth is financing construction of a debut power plant in Washington. Meta, on the other hand, has taken a cautious approach to nuclear power. Now, Meta is making an unconventional bet on the widely hyped next-gen nuclear startup Oklo. “It’s a huge validator.”It’s part of a broader new nuclear investment from Meta that also includes deals with the Texas-based nuclear utility Vistra and the Bill Gates–owned next-generation nuclear startup TerraPower, which the centrist advocacy group Third Way calls “the largest such investment in nuclear energy in US history.”“Civilian nuclear power is fundamentally American.