For the first time in over 40 years, the United States will be seriously expanding its energy production in two major ways. [some emphasis, links added]
On Tuesday, it was announced that a new oil refinery and a new nuclear reactor would begin construction shortly.
America First Refining is set to open the first new U.S. oil refinery in 50 years, in a deal President Donald Trump says is worth a historic $300 billion.
The project will be opened at the Port of Brownsville, deep in the southern tip of Texas. The area has seen an increase in industry as of late, as SpaceX created its Starbase in Texas, just miles down the highway.
The Nuclear Regulator Commission (NRC) has also made history, with the Department of Energy (DOE) announcing that the body had issued a construction permit for a first-of-its-kind reactor in Wyoming.
“This is the first construction permit ever issued by the NRC for a commercial non-light-water power reactor and represents a historic step toward deployment of a new generation of advanced reactors in the United States,” the DOE said in a press release.
Nonnuclear construction on the site began in 2024, and construction is now slated to begin on the reactor itself, which would be the first nuclear reactor constructed in Wyoming.
Energy affordability and security continue to be priorities for the Trump administration, and they have shown sweeping success on this front.
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