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Speaker Announces Next-Generation Reactor Loaded on C-17, Says It Will Be Critical by July 4

Unknown body (single-speaker statement) ยท February 15, 2026

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A single speaker said a next-generation multi-megawatt nuclear power unit was loaded on a C-17 and would be flown to Utah and be "critical" by July 4; the speaker attributed the milestone to Department of Energy actions and Trump-era energy policies. No independent confirmation appeared in the transcript.

A single speaker announced that a next-generation multi-megawatt nuclear power unit is being transported by military aircraft to Utah and said it would be operational by July 4.

The speaker said, "A multi megawatt next generation nuclear power plant is loaded in the c 17 behind us. We're gonna fly it to Utah today, and it will be critical running all of its nuclear systems by July 4." The speaker characterized the development as part of a broader effort tied to what they described as former President Trump's push to "unleash American energy dominance."

The speaker credited entrepreneurs, the U.S. military and their agency for advances in nuclear technology and regulatory changes, saying, "The Department of Energy that I run has done all sorts of efforts in enrichment, fuel fabrication, and changing regulations and rules to unleash American ingenuity." They also repeated an earlier-stated target that the nation would have "multiple nuclear reactors critical" by the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The speaker added that some observers had called that goal unrealistic.

The transcript contains no independent verification of the speaker's timeline or the specific reactor unit they described, and it does not identify the speaker by name. The remarks were delivered as a single statement with no recorded questions, responses or formal votes in the excerpted transcript.

The statement framed the transport and projected startup as an immediate milestone for U.S. energy policy, and concluded with patriotic remarks: "God bless president Trump's leadership. God bless the United States military and Department of Energy, and God bless The United States Of America."