Trump celebrates nuclear developers who hit ambitious July 4 deadline for new reactors
President Donald Trump hosted several advanced nuclear companies at the White House on Friday, touting the administration’s efforts to build out nuclear energy to meet the surging power demand from artificial intelligence. The event came just weeks after Antares Nuclear, Deployable Energy, Valar Atomics, and Aalo Atomics hit a deadline set by the president last year to develop advanced small nuclear reactors. Advertisement Reaching criticality means a reactor is perfectly stable and its nuclear chain reaction is self-sustaining.
- ▪President Donald Trump hosted several advanced nuclear companies at the White House on Friday, touting the administration’s efforts to build out nuclear energy to meet the surging power demand from artificial intelligence.
- ▪The event came just weeks after Antares Nuclear, Deployable Energy, Valar Atomics, and Aalo Atomics hit a deadline set by the president last year to develop advanced small nuclear reactors.
- ▪Advertisement Reaching criticality means a reactor is perfectly stable and its nuclear chain reaction is self-sustaining.
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President Donald Trump hosted several advanced nuclear companies at the White House on Friday, touting the administration’s efforts to build out nuclear energy to meet the surging power demand from artificial intelligence. The event came just weeks after Antares Nuclear, Deployable Energy, Valar Atomics, and Aalo Atomics hit a deadline set by the president last year to develop advanced small nuclear reactors. Recommended Stories Trump celebrates nuclear developers who hit ambitious July 4 deadline for new reactors WATCH LIVE: Trump makes announcement about nuclear innovation Blue states sue Trump administration over conditions on FEMA disaster funding In a series of executive orders signed in May 2025, Trump set an ambitious target of having at least three new advanced small nuclear…
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