Sep 29, 2026 - How Solar Is Beating Nuclear`s Best Idea
Why Small Reactors Just Had Their Best Year Ever. NuScale`s flagship project collapsed under massive cost overruns, and the customers walked. I said the same thing every time I covered these reactors: promising, but unproven. Now nuclear energy is having its best year in decades. New projects are breaking ground for the first time in a decade, and the federal government has made $900 million available to back small modular reactors. So is this really the year small nuclear finally works? Or are we just watching the same expensive promises dressed up in new headlines?