“The United States will have 10 new large nuclear reactors under construction by 2030 and 5 GW of power uprates at existing plants, on the way to deploying 300 GW of net new nuclear capacity — quadrupling capacity to 400 GW — by 2050, in large part to power AI data centers.”
President of the United States (Executive Orders on nuclear energy, incl. EO 14299/14301)
Said May 23, 2025Deadline Dec 31, 2030Utility Dive, May 28, 2025 (Executive Orders signed May 23, 2025)
No new large reactor construction had started as of September 2026; DOE selected TVA and Holtec for a large-reactor deployment milestone in December 2025, while progress so far has been concentrated in test reactors and SMRs.