State

Announced

Announced money is not committed money.

Open question

Which money is proposed, conditional, closed or actually drawn, and for what?

  • Not established in reviewed sources: Total project cost
  • Not established in reviewed sources: How much DOE cost-share has been disbursed to date
  • Not established in reviewed sources: Project-level debt or loan guarantee
  1. Current stateAnnounced16 November 2021 · Government record · U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy ↗

  2. Earlier statementAnnounced13 October 2020 · Government record · U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy ↗

Evidence detail

Announced

DOE's stated plan to invest in the Natrium demonstration (licensing, construction, demonstration)

Announced money is not committed money.

“The U.S. Department of Energy is extremely excited about this project and plans to invest nearly $2 billion to support the licensing, construction and demonstration of this first-of-a-kind reactor.”
Attribution
Government record
Publisher
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy
Dated
16 November 2021
First public disclosure
16 November 2021
State before
Not established in reviewed sources
Counterparty
U.S. Department of Energy
Detail
Government cost share
Detail
About USD 2bn
Source read
11 November 2026

Inspect primary source: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy ↗

What this does and does not establish

An exact passage match shows the source says this. It does not prove the underlying claim is true.

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