🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s push for a nuclear renaissance is becoming reality.
Tennessee is about to host the first small modular reactor (SMR) in U.S. history—and it’s powering Google data centers.
This is HUGE. Here’s why 🧵👇
2/ The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) just signed a deal with Kairos Power to buy electricity from a small modular reactor (SMR) in Oak Ridge, TN.
⚡ 50 megawatts by 2030
⚡ Enough for 35,000 homes
⚡ Direct power to Google’s massive new AI data hubs
3/ This isn’t just another “green energy” promise. This is power that actually WORKS.
It’s the first real U.S. commitment to SMRs—advanced nuclear reactors that can be mass-produced, cheaper, safer, and deployed faster.
Game-changer for America’s grid.
4/ Why does this matter?
👉 China & Russia are racing ahead with next-gen nuclear.
👉 America has been stuck with 50-year-old plants & red tape.
👉 Trump signed the executive orders that jump-started SMR approvals.
We’re catching up.
5/ Kairos’s Hermes 2 plant is the first “Gen IV” reactor approved in the U.S. It's also the first U.S. non-light water reactor in 50+ years.
That means:
✅ Natrium-cooled tech
✅ More efficient fuel cycles
✅ Smaller, modular design
This is the Tesla moment for nuclear.
6/ And it’s not just about power.
DOE says it plainly: AI dominance depends on nuclear energy.
Why? Data centers like Google’s eat staggering amounts of electricity. Without new nuclear, America can’t stay #1 in AI.
7/ Let’s not forget the politics.
Democrats kneecapped nuclear for decades.
It took Trump’s May executive orders to cut NRC red tape, fund pilot projects, and set a target of 10 new reactors licensed by 2030.
This deal is proof it’s working.
8/ Tennessee is once again leading the way.
From Oak Ridge’s Manhattan Project legacy…
To today’s SMRs powering the digital economy…
Sen. Marsha Blackburn nailed it: “Advancing nuclear is essential to unleashing American energy.”
9/ Bottom line:
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Energy Plan” is here.
✅ Cheaper electricity
✅ Stronger AI dominance
✅ Energy independence
✅ Eliminating Democrat roadblocks
✅ Beating China & Russia at their own game
The nuclear renaissance has begun—it starts in Tennessee. 🇺🇸⚛️
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