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First-of-a-kind nuclear project is terminated in a blow to Biden's clean energy agenda
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The Washington Monument is visible as a member of the Secret Service stands guard in front of Marine One with President Joe Biden abroad as it lifts off from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Illinois. - photo by AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
WASHINGTON (AP) — A project to build a first-of-a-kind small modular nuclear reactor power plant was terminated Wednesday, another blow to the Biden administration's clean energy agenda following cancellations last week of two major offshore wind projects. Oregon-based NuScale Power has the only small modular nuclear reactor design certified for use in the United States. For its first project, the company was working with a group of Utah utilities to demonstrate a six-reactor plant at the Idaho National Laboratory, generating enough electricity to power more than 300,000 homes.