The revival of nuclear reactor development: deregulation opens pathways to transforming the U.S. economy

On November 19, 2025, the Trump administration provided a $1 billion loan to restart the nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, reviving a project that halted in 2019 and which will now supply electricity to a large network of Microsoft data centers.

The Trump administration is using the $1 billion loan as an institutional signal that expanding nuclear generation will create a foundation for ensuring the US digital and military infrastructure, as the latter requires stable, decentralized, and large-scale electricity flow.

Bipartisan support for nuclear energy in Congress creates a basis for large-scale deregulation of the sphere announced within Trump's Presidential Order in May 2025.