Executive orders signed about a year earlier reshaped US civil nuclear power policy by compressing regulatory timelines, opening federal land for siting, and assigning the Department of Energy a coordinating role for fast-tracked construction. The result is a shorter schedule for new nuclear, moving from roughly a ten-year horizon to about 4 or 5 years. Utah officials expect multiple small modular reactors to reach criticality within about 14 months, including a projected criticality before July 4th. Execution is framed as reducing barriers so entrepreneurs can build. Higher fossil-fuel prices strengthen the case for dispatchable power, and NuScale is presented as a pure-play with an NRC-approved SMR design despite recent revenue collapse and large operating losses.
"“The signing of those executive orders last year was probably the most consequential day for civil nuclear power in this country, since the atoms for peace speech in 1953.” He then pointed to the capital response, noting “We had over 3 billion dollars investment across the country in nuclear energy in last year alone.”"
"The executive orders signed roughly a year ago compressed regulatory timelines, opened federal land for siting, and put the Department of Energy in a coordinating role for fast-tracked builds. Utah Governor Spencer Cox laid out the on-the-ground impact: “We're going to advance nuclear from a ten year time horizon for new nuclear down to 4 or 5 years.” Cox added that at least three SMRs are expected to go critical within 14 months, with one Utah reactor projected to go critical before July 4th."
"Cox's philosophy on execution was equally direct: “We get it done by mostly getting out of the way and letting the entrepreneurs build.” Combine that with elevated fossil-fuel pricing (WTI crude is sitting at $112.25 per barrel, in the top 2% of its trailing-year range) and the dispatchable-power thesis writes itself."
"NuScale Power ( NYSE:SMR) is the cleanest expression of this thesis, holding the only NRC-approved SMR design in the US. The stock trades at $11.40, down 55% over the past year and 20% year to date, even as policy tailwinds intensified. Q1 FY26 revenue collapsed 96% year over year to $565,000, against a $57.5M operating loss. Liquidity remains a buffer at"
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