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Tim Echols

Tim Echols

Vice Chair, Georgia Public Service Commission

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I need a federal financial backstop that would cover 90 percent of the cost overruns over a contracted price to build another reactor. We have not reached a point in the U.S. where these first-of-a-kind projects can be built with any assurance that they will be on time and on budget.

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America's unbuilt reactors

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Advocate for federal financial backstops

On March 4, 2026, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a construction permit for TerraPower's Natrium reactor at Kemmerer, Wyomingโ€”the first permit for a commercial non-light-water reactor in more than 40 years. TerraPower broke ground on April 23 with Bechtel as general contractor, making Kemmerer the first utility-scale advanced nuclear plant under active construction in the US.

Updated May 31