AI’s growing energy demand + carbon concerns powers momentum for nuclear
Published by Nucleation Capital
Source: Nucleation Capital September 30, 2025 · 1 min read
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Growing Energy demand provided demand pull for both traditional and next-generation reactors throughout Q3 of 2025. Yet further boosting momentum was the announcement by the DOE that they had selected ten ventures for accelerated design review of a test unit. This has lit a fire under those and other ventures already making progress to try to get the DOE to allow them to build something by July 4, 2026.