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US And Japan Announce $40 Billion Deal For Small Modular Reactors In Tennessee And Alabama

By David Dalton
20 March 2026

Advanced nuclear technology at heart of agreement is GE Vernova Hitachi’s BWRX-300

US And Japan Announce $40 Billion Deal For Small Modular Reactors In Tennessee And Alabama
The deal was finalised after talks in The White House between US president Donald Trump and Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi. Courtesy The White House.
The US and Japan have announced a $40bn (€34bn) partnership to build next-generation nuclear reactors, specifically small modular reactors (SMRs), in Tennessee and Alabama.

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