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America is waking up to a simple truth: the hungry machines of the AI age need reliable, round‑the‑clock power, and cheap wind and solar can’t cut it alone. Small, factory-built nuclear reactors are no longer a theoretical pipe dream — engineers and young entrepreneurs are actually building them and racing to meet demand. This is the kind of bold, forward-looking industry that can revive manufacturing and secure our energy future.
Startups from Austin to Alameda are rolling steel, welding reactor vessels and assembling cores that could power data centers or whole communities, with a handful promising demonstrable results inside a year. Venture capital, public markets and the Department of Energy poured billions into these ventures in 2025 as the market smelled opportunity and the AI boom threatened to outstrip current capacity. That private‑sector vigor should make every American proud — innovation and risk-taking are how we win.
President Trump’s administration has rightly leaned into nuclear as policy, cutting red tape and preserving generous tax credits that finally make these projects financeable at scale. That kind of decisive leadership beats the endless foot‑dragging and virtue signaling of the green lobby, which has spent decades blocking affordable, reliable power for ideological reasons. If you want energy independence and jobs, you back nuclear, not an industry that collapses when the sun hides or the wind calms.
The technical breakthroughs are real — TRISO fuel, molten salt ideas and modular manufacturing mean safety and cost curves that could make reactors as repeatable as cars or turbines. Young founders and seasoned backers alike are betting their reputations and billions on proving it works, and some firms are already claiming zero‑power criticality and other key milestones. Conservatives should honor that entrepreneurial grit while insisting on stringent safety and transparency.
This is also a national security race. China is building reactors aggressively, and allowing them to dominate global energy infrastructure would be a strategic mistake. Reliable domestic nuclear capacity tied to American data centers and manufacturing keeps our tech edge and prevents strategic leverage from falling into rival hands. Energy independence isn’t a left or right issue; it’s an American issue.
That said, patriotic optimism should not blind us to cronyism. Big projects often attract big political favors, and some deals and insider connections deserve scrutiny to ensure taxpayers and small investors aren’t steamrolled. Conservatives must demand free markets and fair competition — speed up permitting where sensible, but never trade accountability for speed.
We should celebrate and accelerate a sensible nuclear comeback: support permits on legacy federal sites, incentivize U.S. manufacturing of reactors and fuel, and push utility reforms so consumers and businesses can benefit from cheaper, stable power. Let’s back the bold entrepreneurs taking real risks, hold politicians to the fire when they play favorites, and build the energy backbone America needs to remain free, prosperous and dominant in the 21st century.
