{"id":639324,"date":"2026-07-22T01:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T01:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=639324"},"modified":"2026-07-22T01:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T01:20:00","slug":"oklo-x-energy-join-200-million-federal-nuclear-push-for-ai-bloomberg-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=639324","title":{"rendered":"Oklo, X-Energy Join $200 Million Federal Nuclear Push For AI: Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Oklo, X-Energy Join $200 Million Federal Nuclear Push For AI: Bloomberg<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-07-21\/oklo-x-energy-join-trump-effort-to-speed-new-nuclear-reactors-for-ai\">Bloomberg reports<\/a> that reactor developers <strong>Oklo and X-energy are joining a $200 million Trump administration-led program<\/strong> designed to speed new nuclear power plants for artificial intelligence data centers.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/oklo-doe-xenergy-triangle-white-16x9.png?itok=gaG4yeHH\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/oklo-doe-xenergy-triangle-white-16x9.png?itok=gaG4yeHH\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"1ccd5334-4aa4-4a64-af60-a18b4ad5f83b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/oklo-doe-xenergy-triangle-white-16x9.png?itok=gaG4yeHH\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Details could be announced Wednesday at a Department of Energy AI energy summit. Microsoft and Nvidia are also involved in the previously announced initiative, while several DOE national laboratories and the University of Texas at Austin are slated to share <strong>$60 million over three years<\/strong>, according to a document seen by Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAmong the goals of the latest initiative are <strong>steep reductions in time needed<\/strong> to design, license and build new plants, as well as cuts in the number of staff needed to run them\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>X-energy jumped as much as 12% after hours, while Oklo gained as much as 9.9%.<\/p>\n<p>The program reportedly targets steep reductions in the time and workforce required to design, license, build and operate reactors. It would join a rapidly expanding federal nuclear support stack:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Westinghouse fleet program: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/cameco-nuclear-names-soar-after-us-government-invests-80bn-nuclear-reactors\">At least $80 billion<\/a> of aggregate project value for new AP1000 reactors, with the government arranging financing and facilitating approvals.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>US-Japan partnership: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/minesweepers-missiles-and-oil-reserves-trump-expected-press-japan-during-oval-office\">Up to $40 billion<\/a> of Japanese-backed investment for GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 projects in Tennessee and Alabama.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Gen III+ SMRs: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/energy-department-selects-tva-and-holtec-advance-deployment-us-small-modular-reactors\">$800 million in cost-shared<\/a> DOE awards, split between TVA\u2019s BWRX-300 project and Holtec\u2019s SMR-300 project.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Reactor Pilot Program: An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/doe-taps-10-advanced-reactor-companies-expedited-nuclear-pilot\">expedited DOE authorization pathway<\/a> for 11 initial projects, with developers responsible for project costs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2026-01-23\/smr-licensing-approvals-smr-company-specific-progress\">Roughly $3.2 billion<\/a> in federal cost-share commitments for TerraPower\u2019s Natrium and X-energy\u2019s Xe-100 demonstrations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Compared with those capital-heavy programs, the new $200 million effort appears aimed at a different choke point: potentially using AI, federal labs and industry partnerships to <strong>compress the paperwork and engineering timelines<\/strong> standing between reactor designs and power-hungry data centers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Tue, 07\/21\/2026 &#8211; 21:20<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/oklo-doe-xenergy-triangle-white-16x9.png?itok=gaG4yeHH\" title=\"Oklo, X-Energy Join $200 Million Federal Nuclear Push For AI: Bloomberg\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oklo, X-Energy Join $200 Million Federal Nuclear Push For AI: Bloomberg Bloomberg reports that reactor developers Oklo and X-energy are joining a $200 million Trump administration-led program designed to speed new nuclear power plants for artificial intelligence data centers. Details could be announced Wednesday at a Department of Energy AI energy summit. 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