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Small nuclear reactor measure awaits signature
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Fusion42 · 21 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Pennsylvania's House Bill 2017 establishes a lower fee structure for small modular reactors (SMRs) and microreactors, removing a key cost barrier to deployment. The bill, backed by Governor Shapiro's Lightning plan to power AI data centres, passed with near-unanimous support and awaits signature, clearing the path for the first new nuclear reactors in Pennsylvania since Three Mile Island.
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If you're selling power, cooling, or infrastructure to AI data centres, nuclear just became a viable long-term customer. Pennsylvania's fee cut removes the main reason SMR developers couldn't compete with coal and gas, and Shapiro is pushing this as the policy solution to AI's energy hunger.
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