On May 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the awardees of $94 million in funding to spur the deployment of advanced light-water small modular reactors (SMRs). The funding for the eight companies selected through the Generation III+ SMR Pathway to Deployment Program will support nuclear licensing, supply chain, and site preparation, streamlining the path to new nuclear. Detailed below are the companies selected, along with their awards:
- SMR Site Selection and Preparation:
- Constellation SMR Development, LLC, $17,264,292:
- Obtain early site permit from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a location in New York.
- Nebraska Public Power District, $27,864,860:
- Obtain early site permit from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a location in Nebraska.
- SMR Supply Chain Development:
- BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc., $21,423,305:
- Support assembly and manufacturing facility in Indiana.
- Container Technologies Industries, LLC, $547,900:
- Support steel production in Tennessee.
- Framatome U.S. Government Solutions, LLC, $8,800,000:
- Expand fuel fabrication facility in Washington.
- Global Nuclear Fuel Americas, LLC, $3,000,000:
- Support manufacturing facility in North Carolina.
- American Forgemasters Company, $2,900,000:
- Support production of large component forgings in Pennsylvania.
- Scot Forge Company, $12,267,000:
- Procure equipment to support production and manufacturing of large components in Illinois.