{"id":1953,"date":"2025-12-20T02:04:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/next-generation-nuclear-reactors-could-get-a-boost-from-the-national-defense-authorization-act\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T02:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:04:48","slug":"next-generation-nuclear-reactors-could-get-a-boost-from-the-national-defense-authorization-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/next-generation-nuclear-reactors-could-get-a-boost-from-the-national-defense-authorization-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Next-generation nuclear reactors could get a boost from the National Defense Authorization Act\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/VRG_Illo_STK175_L_Normand_DonaldTrump_Negative.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">President Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5656174-trump-signs-ndaa-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/rules.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/rules.house.gov\/files\/documents\/rcp_xml-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026<\/a> Thursday with measures that further the bipartisan push for next-generation nuclear power plants. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Trump administration has embraced the technology as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/719409\/nuclear-energy-uranium-enrichment-ai-data-center-electricity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new energy source for data centers<\/a> demanding greater amounts of electricity for AI. Many Democrats, meanwhile, have championed smaller and ostensibly cheaper and easier-to-build nuclear reactors as a carbon pollution-free energy source that can help fight climate change. 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