Nuclear is coming

The government announced this week plans to invest $80 billion along with $100 billion from Japan to build Westinghouse nuclear reactors. This will include large one-gigawatt reactors plus small modular reactors. Two AP1000 reactors were deployed and are now operating in Waynesville, GA. The plants produce 4.5 gigawatts. The plans include building SMR the AP300. There will be a total of 10 large reactors and a number o small modular reactors to be under construction by 2030. The reactors will use small uranium pellets as fuel. The US +government will take a 20% ownership in the project meaning that approvals will be fast tracked. The projects could be completed in five years meaning sometime in the 2030’s. While this is going on private companies are setting up to build small reactors to power data centers. Nuclear is on the way to replacing fossil fuels and the goal of carbon free by 2050 may be possible.