Policy and licensing / United States (federal)
DOE Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor programme
DOE programme with two first-mover selections on 2 December 2025 (TVA and Holtec, up to $400 million each) and eight further selections on 14 May 2026 (more than $94 million for early site permits and supply chains).
- Category
- Funding and support programmes
- Status
- In effect
- Instrument
- funding programme · DOE Gen III+ SMR solicitation (16 October 2024; modified 24 March 2025)
- Issued by
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal)
- Affects
- Project funding
- In effect from
- —
- Expiry or completion
- None recorded
- Operative text
- DOE Generation III+ SMR programme questions and answers (DOE programme Q&A)
- Last checked · next review
- 2026-10-03 · 2026-11-02
Legal and geographic scope
Federal cost-shared funding for first deployments of light-water Gen III+ SMRs (Tier 1, up to $800 million in federal funds) and for supply-chain and other barriers (Tier 2), from a $900 million solicitation; DOE pays no more than 50% of project costs.
Not approved or still pending
Selections are cost-shared commitments, not disbursements; final award terms are not recorded here.
Dated lifecycle
- 2024-10-16 · Opened (DOE Generation III+ SMR programme questions and answers)
- 2025-03-24 · Amended (DOE Generation III+ SMR programme questions and answers)
- 2025-12-02 · Selections announced — Two first-mover selections of up to $400 million each. (DOE selects TVA and Holtec to advance deployment of US SMRs (2 Dec 2025))
- 2026-05-14 · Selections announced — Eight further selections totalling more than $94 million. (DOE awards $94 million to eight companies for SMR deployment (14 May 2026))
Related instruments
Projects or designs named by the source
- None. Location in this jurisdiction does not make a project eligible for, or approved under, this measure.
Sources
- DOE Generation III+ SMR programme questions and answers (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-03)
- DOE selects TVA and Holtec to advance deployment of US SMRs (2 Dec 2025) (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-03)
- DOE awards $94 million to eight companies for SMR deployment (14 May 2026) (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-03)