U.S. and Britain to sign major new nuclear power pact

The US and British President Donald Trump are expected to sign a rush of big new agreements during his state visit to England this week and try to start the “Golden Age” of the nuclear energy.

Some of the Multi-Mily-pound agreements will be ink add The US and UK companies are planning to force them to develop data centers supported by small modular reactors (SMRS) in Hartlepool, a port town of Northeast, a port town in Northeast, and a small modular reactors (SMRS) in Nottinghamshire.

The inter -Atlantic partnership hopes to produce thousands of business, to build new nuclear power plants and to accelerate the process of opening the lock of billions of private investments.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that the two countries “build a gold nuclear age to” put them in the forefront of global innovation and investment. “

The announcement of the agreement confirms both the US and the UK to embrace nuclear energy, especially when it comes to fueling the energy intensive data centers required to train and execute large artificial intelligence vehicles.

A US-based company, X-Energy, a company aiming to develop high-tech nuclear power plants and British gas owner Centricia, Hartlepool plans will produce enough power for 1.5 million homes and will create 2,500 jobs, he said.

Companies also estimate that the general program can provide at least 40 billion £ £ ($ 54.25 billion) economic value.

Meanwhile, the US -based Holtec said that their plans to create advanced data centers supported by SMRS in Nottinghamshire would be worth £ 11 billion. The project will be developed jointly by Holtec, EDF and Tritax.

SMRs promise that it will have smaller and lighter footprints than traditional power plants, allowing them to build cheaper and faster when they are completely commercialized.

Amazon and Google signed an agreement last year to develop SMRs in the United States, as technology giants are increasingly returning to nuclear energy to fulfill the increasing energy demands of data centers.

Some other agreements, which are expected to be signed as part of the agreement known as the Atlantic partnership for advanced nuclear energy, include plans to build the world’s first micudular nuclear power plant.

“With the leadership of President Trump, the United States leads to a real nuclear renaissance – the use of commercial nuclear power to meet the AI ​​revolution and to feed the AI ​​revolution,” said US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, “President Trump’s leadership.” He said.

Defenders because it is low carbon He argues that nuclear power has an important role in helping countries to produce electricity while reducing emissions and reducing their confidence in fossil fuels.

However, some environmental groups, to warn The nuclear industry is an expensive and harmful distraction of cheaper and cleaner alternatives.