Can the SpaceX playbook work for nuclear power?

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Can the SpaceX playbook work for nuclear power?

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/27/the-startup-bringing-the-spacex-playbook-to-nuclear-power-01084143

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Startup General Matter, co-founded by a former SpaceX executive, secured federal funding to establish a uranium enrichment facility in Paducah, Kentucky. The company aims to supply commercial fuel for both conventional and advanced nuclear reactors amid growing domestic demand.

The United States currently relies on foreign suppliers for low-enriched uranium and faces an upcoming ban on Russian imports. Advanced reactor designs also require high-assay low-enriched uranium, creating a severe domestic supply deficit that new enrichment ventures attempt to resolve.

General Matter, a startup helmed by one of the first employees of Elon Musk's rocket company, is hoping to help drive a revival in the U.S. nuclear industry.

PADUCAH, Kentucky — Not many people would see potential in a forest on a hazardous waste site, but Scott Nolan and the federal government believe it will drive the future of American energy.

For Nolan, the plot of land just outside Paducah is ideal for his company, General Matter, to repeat what he did with Elon Musk at SpaceX: breathe new life into a sector that was at the center of the mid-20th century's technology revolution.

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