Powering the Next Generation of Projects

Power drives site location. With the surge in hyperscalers across nearly every industry, energy demands have continued to increase, and alternative solutions have become increasingly attractive. There is heightened demand for cleaner energy options, and the nuclear energy industry is seeing renewed attention. There are a number of intriguing projects underway in the nuclear power sector — from restarting large, mothballed nuclear facilities to building smaller packaged nuclear facilities across the U.S. — options once considered infeasible are being explored anew.

The Nuances of Nuclear

Nuclear energy is reliable and highly capable. Nuclear energy currently generates 775 billion kWh annually and accounts for nearly 20 percent of all U.S. generation since the 1990s. Most U.S. nuclear power plants use light-water reactors, a type of nuclear reactor that uses water as the coolant and the neutron moderator, to produce around one gigawatt (1 GW) of power each.

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