The U.S. Department of Energy is offering $17.5 billion in conditional loans to bolster the domestic nuclear supply chain, aiming to accelerate the construction of new large-scale reactors. Seven utilities have already expressed interest in these loans, which will support Westinghouse reactors. This initiative seeks to overcome investment hurdles and boost U.S. electricity generation capacity.

The Trump administration partnered with Westinghouse, Cameco, and Brookfield on an $80B nuclear deal with $17.5B in government-backed financing for ten new

The loans will support the construction of five projects that each host two big nuclear reactors.

The new nuclear funding will specifically finance 10 large reactors developed by both utilities and energy companies.

This morning, the Department of Energy announced it was issuing the conditional loan commitments to finance five eligible projects.