After last month's report from Goldman Sachs on the ongoing global nuclear renaissance listed only a couple headlines for the western nuclear industry, June saw a significant bounce back as the industry saw progress across the microreactor landscape and the larger SMR and national grid-scale designs.The Micro Reactor Industry saw a huge achievement with the exceeding of the goals set by President Trump in the 2025 Executive Orders, with four microreactor designs obtaining criticality by July 4th.The AP1000 reactor, which is emerging as America's flagship grid-scale design, also saw significant multi-billion-dollar support from the Department of Energy when the Office of Energy Dominance Financing put up a potential $17.5 billion in funding for long-lead components and other pieces/parts of the reactor supply chain.Goldman Sachs analyst Brian Lee reviews headlines across the nuclear industry for June. New reactor progress and announcementsNorth America6/2/26 - United States - The New York Power Authority has launched a solicitation to develop at least 1 GW of advanced nuclear capacity in Upstate New York, seeking proposals for both large reactors and SMRs, while also committing $40 million to nuclear workforce development.