The Location Economics of Advanced Nuclear

As the U.S. works to alleviate national security concerns and prime the country’s future with clean, reliable power, utilities and influential private industry leaders are collaborating to develop next-generation nuclear energy. While it is difficult to forecast exactly which reactor technology will dominate the market in the coming decades, investors increasingly view advanced nuclear technology as a path to maintaining economic leadership on the world stage.

First commercialized in the late 1950s, nuclear power has long served as a clean, scalable source of baseload energy to support regional growth strategies. With more than 50 nuclear power plants and nearly 100 nuclear reactors, the U.S. remains one of the world’s largest producers of nuclear energy.

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