NEWS: What is nuclear’s role in skyrocketing US generation?

EIA predicts generation growing 25-50% through 2050, with natural gas, solar, and wind projected to increasingly meet US power demand.

As for nuclear? EIA’s modeling shows its generation share falling (moving from 17% today to 12-15% by 2050). Still, the EIA’s model relies on light water reactor economics and can’t yet capture SMRs, microreactors, or fusion…so perhaps Washington’s big ambitions won’t fizzle out.