A campus, not a single facility.
A Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus is a master-planned industrial and research site that can host multiple nuclear-related operations in one coordinated place — from preparing reactor fuel to deploying advanced small reactors, with workforce training, data centers, and American manufacturing alongside them.
$10B+
POTENTIAL INVESTMENT
Campus-wide investment could reach tens of billions over decades, primarily from private and state sources.
2027
INITIAL OPERATIONS TARGET
The DOE aims for first facilities to come online by 2027, with states proposing their own ambitious timelines.
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POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS
From fuel fabrication to isotope production to data centers — campuses pick a mix based on site strengths.