To meet global energy demands, countries around the world are looking to partner with the United States. When we export U.S. technology, we export world-leading U.S. standards on nuclear safety, security, and nonproliferation. The best way for us to raise global standards is for the U.S. to be on the ground, working alongside our partner nations to safely build, operate and maintain U.S.-designed, NRC-reviewed nuclear power plants.
Today’s global nuclear landscape is dominated by state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Russia and China have designated nuclear energy exports as a strategic foreign policy priority. In 2025, Russia’s state-owned company was responsible for developing more than 40% of reactors under construction worldwide, bringing long-term financing and service agreements that creates economic and diplomatic dependencies that can last for decades. China now operates 58 reactors with 37 more units under construction. China’s state-owned nuclear energy enterprise continues to expand faster than any other nation and are becoming increasingly aggressive in the global marketplace.
We need to give U.S. companies the tools they need to compete and win against state-owned enterprises – not just Russia and China, but France and Korea too. Failing to maintain U.S. leadership risks missing a global opportunity estimated at over half a trillion dollars and ceding influence in geostrategically critical markets.
More than 30 nations are looking to develop nuclear energy for the first time to meet their energy security goals. A strong civil nuclear export sector creates deep and long-lasting relationships between the United States and partner nations across important areas that advance America’s national security interests, including nuclear safety, security and nonproliferation; energy security; and broader foreign policy goals.