The US government plans to buy and own as many as 10 new, large nuclear reactors that could be paid for using Japan’s $550 billion funding pledge, part of a push to meet surging demand for electricity.

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A global pledge to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050 has drawn support from two more nations, meaning 33 countries now back efforts to expand the world’s fleet of atomic plants.

Western politicians and tech companies are pushing a "nuclear renaissance" to deliver power for artificial intelligence and data centers.

The groups have accused the plant’s owners of a “bait-and-switch” that has cleared regulatory shortcuts to approving the plant’s reopening. They fear the aging plant can’t be reopened safely — an assertion that proponents of the restart contest.

The United States and Saudi Arabia have finalized a long-delayed civil nuclear cooperation agreement that could allow U.S. companies to build reactors in the kingdom, pending further nonproliferation guarantees.

The continued relevance of oil and gas provides an opportunity for the industry to scale new nuclear energy power sources. Nuclear energy is currently enjoying another renaissance, thanks in large part to the growing energy needs of the data center industry and the related adoption of artificial intelligence.

Hungary and the US have expanded nuclear cooperation, lifting Paks II restrictions and signing a $20bn MOU covering SMRs, fuel supply, and storage.

Hungary will sign an agreement on nuclear power cooperation with the United States, including a deal to buy American nuclear fuel and U.S. technology to store spent fuel at a Russian-built nuclear power plant,

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spent weeks trading threats to restart nuclear tests, an escalation kicked off by Putin’s boasts about tests of the Poseidon nuclear powered missile in late October.