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House Energy Subcommittee hears industry case for rapid nuclear deployment, highlights DOE funding and financing needs
Summary
Witnesses told the House Energy Subcommittee that rising electricity demand from data centers and AI, recent DOE fuel awards and advances at Plant Vogtle position the U.S. for a nuclear expansion—but members pressed for financing tools, supply-chain scaling and predictable, transparent regulation to protect safety and affordability.
Representatives gathered at the House Energy Subcommittee hearing to assess the current state of the U.S. nuclear industry, pressing witnesses on how to translate recent policy gains into large-scale deployment.
Maria Korsnick, president and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute, told the panel that electricity demand is surging—driven in part by data centers and artificial intelligence—and described six congressional priorities for enabling deployment. "Nuclear power is a solution to the energy and national security challenges that we face," Korsnick said, arguing for regulatory modernization, federal risk-sharing to mitigate early-mover finance risk, and a domestic fuel supply chain. She cited recent DOE actions "—the $2,700,000,000 in uranium enrichment awards announced this week"—as a step toward rebuilding domestic capacity.
John Williams, senior vice president at Southern Nuclear…
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