This is huge, historic even.

dopa42365 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You know what would be even bigger? Building perfectly safe and fine AP 1000s that already exist many times today and can be built whenever you want to.

0 under construction in the US

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mpweiher 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Westinghouse plans 10 AP-1000 reactors in the USA

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/westinghouse-pla...

Yes, it would be better if they had already started, but the ship is turning.

	▲	ViewTrick1002 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It is not. The right wing is instead waking up to reality. Apparently they like extremely cheap distributed electricity. Who could have guessed that. Why MAGA suddenly loves solar power The Trump-led attack on solar eases as the right reckons with its crucial role in powering AI and keeping utility bills in check. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/02/katie-mil...

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fwipsy 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

True but additional context: Wikipedia says that two came online in 2023 and 2024, and two more are partially constructed, seeking additional funding to continue. Lots more internationally.

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mayama 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How is this fundamentally different from Nuscale approval? Like Nuscale this is also brand new design, sodium fast reactor, that hasn't been commercially deployed and is likely to run into usual ballooning budgets and western nuclear construction roadblocks/delays

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dmix 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If there’s more than one approval a decade maybe the odds will be higher it won’t be a bloated mess.

	▲	croes 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Or you just have two bloated messes

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evilos 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They're already building this one. Nuscale didn't break ground AFAIK.

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amanaplanacanal 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe. There is a long road from "approved" to "operational".