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Michael Kratsios: “To accelerate development of cutting edge SMR technology…”

Featuring: Michael Kratsios, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Science Advisor to the President | National

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Michael Kratsios: The Next Century of American Innovation | Gigawatt Summit 2026

Published | Video Starts at 04:54

Now allow me to briefly describe some of the progress of the last 12 months. You are building again. We are testing again. To accelerate development of cutting edge SMR technology, the President set an ambitious goal for the DOE reactor pilot program. At least three test reactors would achieve criticality before the fourth. (04:54–05:02)

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Asserts that Trump set an ambitious goal for the DOE reactor pilot program to accelerate SMR technology development.

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