North America Alternative Energy: DOE Funds Nuclear AI Research

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North America Alternative Energy: DOE Funds Nuclear AI Research

Global Research

23 July 2026ab

North America Alternative Energy Equities

North AmericaDOE Funds Nuclear AI Research

Electric Utilities

Jon Windham, CFA

Accelerating nuclear development Analyst

On 22-Jul-2026, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a 3-year, $60mn jon.windham@ubs.com

award to fund the Prometheus project, which aims to leverage AI to expedite nuclear +1-617-478-4711

reactor development and fuel fabrication. The project is tied to the Trump David Choe

Administration's launch of the Genesis Mission in Nov-2025 to establish U.S. leadership Associate Analyst

in AI development. david.choe@ubs.com

+1-212-882 5714

We view the funding announcement as a positive for nuclear sentiment and see Will Wilson

Prometheus as a potential catalyst to drive further government investment in nuclear Analyst

will-za.wilson@ubs.com

development. In our view, a supply deficit of clean energy generating assets is driving

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hyperscaler investment into scaling new generation technologies, including advanced

nuclear, geothermal, storage, and fusion.

14-Jul-2026: Hyperscaler 100% Clean Energy Mandates Update

Driving optimization with AI

According to Argonne National Lab (ANL), the Prometheus project aims to:

Cut design and licensing timelines by 10x

Cut manufacturing time by 3x

Reduce operating staff needs and overall deployment timelines by 50%

The project is a collaborative effort between major U.S. nuclear labs and industry

partners, including X-Energy (XE, Buy) and Oklo (OKLO, Neutral).

X-Energy (XE, Buy): In our view, XE remains the best positioned advanced

nuclear company given its leading funded status under the DOE's ARDP and significant

customer commitments from Dow and Amazon.