The US government has established a target to deploy 200 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity by 2050, at least tripling US nuclear energy capacity based on 2020 numbers.

The new capacity gains would come from multiple sources, including building new plants (including large, small-modular, and microreactors and including Generation III+ water-cooled designs and Generation IV designs), uprating existing reactors, and restarting reactors that have retired for economic reasons.

To achieve this, the US government is also establishing nearer-term targets.

200 GW nuclear expansion

The US aims to jumpstart the nuclear energy deployment ecosystem with 35 GW of new capacity operating or under construction by 2035.

Then, it plans to accelerate the capability of the nuclear energy deployment ecosystem by ramping to a sustained pace of producing 15 GW per year by 2040 in support of both US and global project deployments.

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