The US needs a rapid nuclear build-out plan with deployment of new reactors beginning in 2030 and ramping up to 13 GW added annually for a target of another 200 GW of nuclear by 2050 – equivalent to about 20 large-scale plants, the Department of Energy says in a report.
The report says domestic nuclear capacity has the potential to scale from about 100 GW in 2023 to about 300 GW by 2050, driven by deployment of advanced nuclear technologies.
It warns that waiting until the mid-2030s to deploy advanced nuclear at scale could lead to missing decarbonisation targets.
And it says “a committed orderbook” in the form of signed contracts is needed for five to 10 deployments of at least one reactor design by 2025 to catalyse commercial liftoff.
The report says domestic nuclear capacity has the potential to scale from about 100 GW in 2023 to about 300 GW by 2050, driven by deployment of advanced nuclear technologies.
It warns that waiting until the mid-2030s to deploy advanced nuclear at scale could lead to missing decarbonisation targets.
And it says “a committed orderbook” in the form of signed contracts is needed for five to 10 deployments of at least one reactor design by 2025 to catalyse commercial liftoff.
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