First-of-a-kind nuclear project is terminated in a blow to Biden's clean energy agenda

A project to build a first-of-a-kind small modular nuclear reactor power plant was terminated Wednesday. It is a blow to the Biden administration’s clean energy agenda following cancellations last week of two major offshore wind projects. Oregon-based NuScale Power has the only small modular nuclear reactor design certified for use in the United States. For its first project, it was working with a group of Utah utilities to demonstrate a six-module plant at the Idaho National Laboratory. It was a way to launch the commercial development of the new nuclear technology to help transition away from fossil fuels.