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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trump cheerleader strikes again
not one new refinery built while trump is president
this one, if we’re lucky, will open in 2029
not one new large nuclear reactor built
while trump is presiden
Maybe one SMR while Trump in office
(The first small modular reactors (SMRs)
are expected to begin contributing
to the U.S. electric grid as early as 2028–2030_.
not one new coal power plant built while trump is president
solar farms, wind farms and battery construction
were booming in 2025, and again in 2026
if these were the results
while biden was president
conservatives would have been
horrified
To call you an ignorant fool would be an understatement. Why have there been so much green garbage power added? Oh yeah, as I have corrected in your numerous posting on the same topic, getting them done before the government subsidies end. Add to that the states run by left-wing ignorant politicians who have told their utilities that they must install these “green energy” boondoggles as we have here in Colorado while shutting down reliable coal plants.
As to your nonsense about refineries, did you notice that not a single refinery has been built in 50 years? Do you know why? Because the left-wing activist groups have sued to keep them from being built. And with left-wing presidents wanting to block them so no surprise. Same with oil and natural gas pipelines. Same with nuclear plants. Even in the best of situations it was taking well over a decade to get a plant approved and built. But President Trump is doing all he can to get the obstacles out of the way for both refineries and nuclear plants.
This plant is not the first non-light water commercial reactor approved by the NRC (actually its predecessor the Atomic Energy Commission). That honor belongs to Fort St Vrain Nuclear Plant that was located outside Platteville, CO. It used high-temperature gas (helium) as the coolant with graphite as the moderator for slowing neutrons. It was also the first commercial plant to use “fertile Thorium-232” to create additional fissile material (U-233) proving the viability of the Thorium Fuel Cycle to reduce the need for enriching U-235 from mined Uranium. It produced 330 MW electricity. I had a friend/former Navy Reactor Operator who worked at the plant until its shutdown.
Hi Steve, you had me excited until you said the CO reactor had closed.
Thanks for your obvious expert comment.
Yeah, it closed but not due to anything to do with the reactor. It had a fire in some of the electrical wiring and the utility decided it was too expensive to repair the problems. That was unfortunate.