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.
The deal was finalised after talks in The White House between US president Donald Trump and Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi.
The two nations said in a joint statement they had agreed to invest $40bn in building next-generation nuclear reactors across the American South.
At the centre of the deal are SMRs, to be developed in Tennessee and Alabama. The technology is being pitched as a more flexible, scalable alternative to traditional nuclear plants.
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