The U.S. Department of Energy has conditionally committed $17.5 billion in loan facilities through its Office of Energy Dominance Financing to support construction of new nuclear reactors on American soil.
The financing is directed at long lead equipment required to build up to 10 Westinghouse AP1000 units. Components in that category include reactor pressure vessels, steam generators, turbines and heavy forgings, items that carry multi year fabrication schedules and typically must be ordered well before a project reaches a final investment decision. Committing capital at that stage is intended to keep supplier order books full and shorten the gap between a construction decision and delivery.
The loan package follows a separate DOE action in January 2026 that awarded $2.7 billion to restore domestic uranium enrichment capacity. That program issued three task orders worth $900 million each: American Centrifuge Operating and General Matter for high assay low enriched uranium capacity, and Orano Federal Services for expanded low enriched uranium production. Centrus Energy's American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio is a recipient site. A further $28 million went to Global Laser Enrichment for next generation enrichment technology.
DOE also awarded $19 million in February 2026 to five companies working on used nuclear fuel recycling technology.
Taken together, the actions direct federal capital across three points in the chain: fuel supply, component manufacturing and reactor construction financing.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy - https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-announces-american-nuclear-supply-chain-loans