Trump Ignites US Nuclear Comeback With Texas Plant

NewsMax ^ | Saturday, 05 April 2025 02:34 PM EDT | Jim Thomas

[SmokingJoe]

America is going to need vast amounts of new electric power to power all these new Ai farms.
Electric power from all sources.
One reason why Germany is screwed in Ai, because they are still busy shutting down their nuclear and other power plants.

[House Atreides]

“ Given Texas’ population explosion and the state’s blinky power grid in recent years, this is a great idea.”
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IMHO Texas should also back off from its poorly thought out wind power initiatives.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“ What could go wrong? ”

Wrong with what?
Your question makes no sense

[Sequoyah101]

Not finished.

If you ever get the chance drive the Texas Coast from Corpus to Galveston or on to Port Arthur. Do it at night first and then day time to be amazed at the scope of of just that part of the American Petro Chemical Industry. I do not believe there is anything else like it in the world. Huge and complex plants appear on the horizon of flat costal plain. They are surrounded by high fences and span square miles with exotic pressure and temperature vessels. Just about every plant is surrounded by auxiliary plants that supply various processing gasses, chemicals, catalysts and services.

The plants supply great and steady jobs.

I spent nearly 50 years drilling for and producing oil and gas to feed these plants and it took me moving to Texas’ Gulf Coast to realize what a massive industry I participated in feeding and just how good but unglamorous the jobs were compared to the feast and famine of the upstream part of the industry.

[READINABLUESTATE]

“Wrong with what?”

It’s new technology. I know little about SMR tech. But when someone says it’s ultra safe it raises my concerns.

[HereInTheHeartland]

It’s much better technology and much safer.
Should had it many years ago

[Texas Fossil]

Don’t think it is the one in Haskell County.

The company for that one is Last Energy.

I think this is possibly 2 years out.

[Hazwaste]

Got my start as a young engineer there, in the Olefins 2 unit. It’s gone now. Guess they’ll be building it on the now cleared land.

[SuperLuminal]

Dear Donald:
Please start filling that dormant/unused deep waste-storage facility in Nevada with all the old nuclear waste...
Thankyou,
Voter

[Deaf Smith]

If we have two manufactures of SMRs in Texas, that will be great.

[cquiggy]

Hey Elon, Please design She Shed Sized SMR’s that we can put in neighborhoods, and extra large She Shed Sizes that can each run two or three factories. Power that will make liberal heads explode and a working man’s wallet fat !

[Labyrinthos]

Nuclear power - We are all going to die.

[Labyrinthos]

/s.

[RandallFlagg]

I would add a law stating that any environMENTAList, tree hugging, China Syndrome movie worshipping piece of used food caught attempting to monkey around with these is eligible for the death penalty.

[RandallFlagg]

Monkey around as in trying to cause a disaster.

[PIF]

Wouldn’t it be grand if President Trump were to announce a sustainable, organic warp speed program to jump start the Plant Food Meat Industry.

Wherever mother nature has stored the Plant Food Beef, we will stimulate huuuuge plant Cattle growth, not just in the United States, but in support of 3rd world countries trying to advance. AND, because the Carbon Cycle Beef is organic and sustainable, it is a win-win all around.

Could critics be labeled Plant Meat Deniers, anti organic?

[Texas Fossil]

I think the potential is more.

You may have seen this article:

Texas A&M Launches SMR ‘Energy Proving Ground’ with Selection of Four Nuclear Firms (Mar 4, 2025)

https://www.powermag.com/texas-am-launches-smr-energy-proving-ground-with-selection-of-four-nuclear-firms/

The one planned near me is not on the list of 4.

[skepsel]

Meh, I’ll take a battery of 8” guns!

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