New-build projects advance amid commercial and execution tests

US proposals include AEP, Amazon, and X-energy’s 960-MW Indiana evaluation, Prosperity One’s proposed 6.6-GW Kentucky campus, and Blue Energy’s shipyard-manufacturing concept; NuScale’s weak reported revenue and lack of a binding commercial agreement underline the gap between design approval and deployment. Elsewhere, Uzbekistan plans two VVER-1000s and two 55-MW RITM-200N SMRs, while TVA’s Clinch River BWRX-300 construction permit is a concrete licensing milestone. Financing, firm customers, permits, and verified construction progress remain decisive.