Nuclear Politics

Texas Takes Bold Step With $350 Million Fund For Nuclear Power Development

By David Dalton
29 May 2025

Landmark legislation paves way for possible deployment of small modular reactors

Texas Takes Bold Step With $350 Million Fund For Nuclear Power Development
The two-unit Comanche Peak is one of two commercial nuclear power stations in Texas. Courtesy Vistra.
The US state of Texas is on track to create a taxpayer-funded incentive fund to pay for the development of nuclear power and the potential deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) after a critical vote in the Senate on 27 May.

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