Advanced Reactors

US Energy Secretary Says Country ‘On Target’ For Multiple Test Reactors Reaching Criticality By 4 July

By Nigel Davies
23 April 2026

Washington wants at least three advanced plants to be up and running on nation’s 250th anniversary

US Energy Secretary Says Country ‘On Target’ For Multiple Test Reactors Reaching Criticality By 4 July
Chris Wright: ‘We will have multiple small modular reactors running in the next three months’. Courtesy Chris Wright/DOE/X.
US energy secretary Chris Wright says the country is on track to meet its objective of having multiple nuclear test reactors under its pilot programme for new advanced reactors reach criticality by the country’s 250th anniversary on 4 July this year.

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