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title: "The Department of Energy awarded $94 million to speed up small modular reactor deployments across the United States"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286652913.md"
description: "The Department of Energy has awarded over $94 million to eight companies to address regulatory, engineering, and supply-chain challenges hindering the commercial deployment of small modular nuclear reactors in the U.S."
datetime: "2026-05-16T20:03:18.000Z"
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# The Department of Energy awarded $94 million to speed up small modular reactor deployments across the United States

The Department of Energy announced in May 2025 that it had selected eight companies to share more than $94 million in federal funding, all of it aimed at clearing the regulatory, engineering, and supply-chain obstacles that have kept small modular nuclear reactors from reaching commercial operation in the United States. The awards, made through the \[…\]

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