US EditionTrump, Takaichi Announce $40 Billion US Reactor Project
The $40 billion investment in small modular reactors aims to enhance energy security, boost exports, and support growing U.S. electricity demand, including AI data centers, officials said.
- On Thursday, March 19, President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced a $40 billion partnership to build small modular nuclear reactors in Tennessee and Alabama.
- This project is part of Japan's broader $550 billion investment pledge in the U.S. economy, aiming to bolster energy resilience and stabilize electricity prices through strategic infrastructure.
- GE Vernova Inc. and Hitachi Ltd. will lead construction of these factory-fabricated reactors, which offer scalable, low-carbon energy solutions designed to meet growing artificial intelligence data-center demand.
- Alongside the nuclear pact, both nations unveiled $33 billion for natural gas facilities in Pennsylvania and Texas, bringing total new energy ventures to $73 billion.
- The allies established a critical minerals action plan to secure supply chains against what they termed 'economic coercion,' while exploring joint deep-sea resource development near Japan's Minamitori Island.
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US, Japan unveil nuclear deal, bet $40B on small modular reactors in next gen energy push after Trump-Takaichi meet
The US and Japan have announced a $40 billion partnership to build next-generation nuclear reactors, specifically small modular reactors (SMRs), in Tennessee and Alabama. The deal was finalised after talks between Donald Trump and Sanae Takaichi
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The nuclear reactors are to be built in the US states Tennessee and Alabama. Investments in natural gas power plants have also been agreed
The Small Modular Reactors are "a huge, next generation of a stable energy source that stabilizes electricity prices for the American population," says a joint statement by Japan's head of government and US President Trump.
The United States and Japan announced a $40 billion project to build nuclear reactors in Tennessee and Alabama on Thursday after the leaders of the two countries met in Washington.
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