The U.S. Department of Energy calls this innovation “necessary to reliably meet our nation's growing energy needs” and has allocated $900 million in grants to encourage SMR construction.

The data center market continues to grow in 2025 and beyond, driven in part by AI applications. Energy sources, including nuclear, are key to ...

The introduction of regulatory regimes focused on small modular reactors is something many countries are wrestling with. It ...

US small modular reactor (SMR) firm Kairos Power has completed the design, construction, and installation of the reactor ...

Separately, officials at Rolls Royce, which has a major manufacturing footprint in Indiana, said they’re exploring construction of an SMR with a capacity of up to 470 megawatts. The British ...

Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla has broken ground for the construction of an ...

If awarded, Lyash said the funding will accelerate construction of an SMR at TVA's Clinch River Project, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, by two years – with commercial operation planned for 2033.

Assuming Oklo successfully obtains this license in 6 months, a best-case scenario in my opinion, this would mean that it may not start construction on its initial SMR before early 2028.