US Nuclear Energy Industry Poised to Power Up, but Bottlenecks Loom

US Nuclear Energy Industry Poised to Power Up, but Bottlenecks Loom

Ten companies are developing “first mover” nuclear energy innovations in breakneck bids to achieve “criticality” by July 4, 2026, to secure federal funding in advancing their technologies under an Energy Reactor Pilot Program authorized by President Donald Trump. “I doubt they will all make it,” Idaho National Laboratory Director John Wagner said. “But the thing that’s really exciting is that I do think three can make it, and the others will fol…