Trump celebrates nuclear developers who hit ambitious July 4 deadline for new reactors

Published July 24, 2026 4:49pm ET



President Donald Trump hosted several advanced nuclear companies at the White House on Friday, touting the administration’s efforts to build out nuclear energy to meet the surging power demand from artificial intelligence

The event came just weeks after Antares Nuclear, Deployable Energy, Valar Atomics, and Aalo Atomics hit a deadline set by the president last year to develop advanced small nuclear reactors. 

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