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    DOE Unveils Initiative to Add 5 GW of Nuclear Capacity Through Uprates and Restarts

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a new initiative to increase U.S. nuclear generating capacity—targeting 2.5 GW of additional nuclear capacity by 2027 and 5 GW by 2029—by expanding output from operating reactors, restarting dormant facilities, and extending the lifespans of plants already on the grid. The Utility Power Reactor Incremental Scaling Effort—UPRISE—unveiled […]

  • Northern lights illuminate Vistra's Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant in western Pennsylvania, part of the Meta power purchase agreement that will support 20-year contracts for 2.6 GW of existing nuclear capacity across three Vistra facilities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Courtesy: Vistra Corp.
    Nuclear

    Meta Locks In Up to 6.6 GW of Nuclear Power Through Deals with Vistra, Oklo, and TerraPower

    In-Depth: Meta’s suite of three landmark agreements is poised to provide the financial certainty to extend aging plants, accelerate first-of-a-kind advanced reactor deployments, and relieve PJM’s tightening capacity constraints while establishing the hyperscaler as an anchor customer for a 6.6-GW corporate-backed nuclear fleet. In a stunning move that reinforces Big Tech’s growing role in underwriting […]