Nuclear Politics

US Private Sector ‘Cannot Build And Deploy Nuclear Plants Without Strong Policy Support’

By David Dalton
27 August 2025

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US Private Sector ‘Cannot Build And Deploy Nuclear Plants Without Strong Policy Support’
File photo of construction of two new nuclear plants at the Vogtle nuclear power station in the US state of Georgia. Courtesy Georgia Power.
Building and deploying nuclear reactors and manufacturing nuclear fuel are complex and expensive undertakings that the private sector cannot accomplish without strong government policy support, especially if the US is to reach president Donald Trump’s goal of 400 GW in domestic nuclear energy capacity by 2050, a report says.

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