President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi are expected
to announce a joint nuclear power project in the southern US, with GE Vernova
and Hitachi set to build BWRX-300 small modular reactors in Tennessee and
Alabama at a cost of up to $40 billion. A White House official said the
initiative, tied to a bilateral investment fund under a trade pact, aims to
stabilize electricity prices and strengthen US technological leadership amid
AI-driven energy demand. While SMRs could support on-demand power and industrial
growth, timelines remain unclear and no such reactors have yet been deployed on
US grids.