Small nuclear reactor measure awaits signature

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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