The Nuclear Reliability Backbone initiative unveiled by Kathy Hochul in her annual State of the State address includes plans for 4 GWe of new nuclear capacity in addition to plans for 1 GWe announced last year.

Nuclear energy is at the heart of Kazakhstan's strategic plans as it transitions to become a "digital power", the country's president has said in an interview with a national newspaper. Separately, the USA and Kazakhstan announced an expansion of their civil nuclear energy partnership with the launch of an SMR feasibility study.