NUCLEAR INFORMATION AND RESOURCE SERVICE (NIRS) – On Tuesday (October 26, 2025) the White House announced an $80 billion deal with Westinghouse to finance construction of eight large new reactors in the U.S. But the promise of a large, direct investment in a pack of new reactors has predictably revved up talk of yet another “Nuclear Renaissance” and made it look like the Donald J.Trump 2.0 administration is making good on big nuclear power goals from a group of executive orders issued in May.