🚨 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 🧵👇
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
⚡ 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.
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.
👉 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.
https://x.com/RodDMartin/status/1956437003366703230
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.
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.
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.
https://x.com/RodDMartin/status/1954600807677997104
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.
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.”
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. 🇺🇸⚛️
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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