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Nuclear / SMR
Small modular reactors and nuclear PPAs with data center operators.
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01 · The lede
Intelligence brief
SeventhBiz Intelligence
Refreshed 3h agoNuclear has shifted from a speculative hedge on decarbonization into an operational capacity obligation driven by hyperscaler power agreements and federal financing. The shift is visible not in new technology announcements but in manufacturing contracts, license renewals, and capital deployment: NuScale signed its first physical fabrication agreement with Doosan Enerbility; NextEra closed a $1.9 billion DOE loan for Duane Arnold restart and executed a 20-year Point Beach PPA; Vistra has 433 MW of contracted uprates under Meta PPAs; GE Vernova received NRC construction permit approval at Clinch River; and AEP entered its first formal SMR development agreement with X-energy and Amazon.…
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03 · Companies
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Tracked companies with an on-record signal on Nuclear / SMR this cycle.
06 · Evidence
Recent mentions
Preview“WEC entered into an agreement with NextEra to extend the Point Beach PPA for ~1GW of carbon-free capacity. Unit 1 extended from Oct 2030 to Oct 2050.”
Slide 24 — Point Beach Power Purchase Agreement
“We still have not contracted Beaver Valley. We still have not contracted the second part of Comanche Peak. There's an upgrade potential at Comanche Peak as well.”
Q&A, Stacey Dore response to Michael Sullivan (Wolfe)
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