Programmes and agreements / prg-us-great-plains-new-nuclear-consortium

Great Plains New Nuclear Consortium study of 1,000-2,000 MW of new nuclear, including SMRs, in Nebraska (2025)

Four public-power utilities - Nebraska Public Power District, Omaha Public Power District, Lincoln Electric System and Oklahoma's Grand River Dam Authority - formed the Great Plains New Nuclear Consortium by memorandum on 1 December 2025. It will study the feasibility, sites and technologies for 1,000-2,000 MW of new nuclear capacity, including SMRs, in Nebraska. No construction or investment decision has been made.

Not a deployment project. SMR plans, agreements, studies and government programmes that are not (yet) a single deployment project. They are listed separately and are never counted as projects or reactors.

Type

Feasibility or siting study

Countries concerned

United States

Region named by the sources

Nebraska

Participants and roles

• Utility: Nebraska Public Power District
• Utility: Omaha Public Power District
• Utility: Lincoln Electric System
• Utility: Grand River Dam Authority

Designs named

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Scale as stated

between 1,000 and 2,000 MW of new nuclear capacity, including SMRs, within Nebraska

Announced or first reported

1 Dec 2025

Status

Active
Feasibility, site and technology studies, no construction or investment decision, no site named.

Confidence

medium

Last checked

2026-10-14 (record review date, not proof of current activity)

Related deployment projects

• No related deployment project is recorded here.

Sources

• Great Plains New Nuclear Consortium - press release (company_primary, published 1 Dec 2025, accessed 2026-10-14)
• Utility consortium looks to Nebraska new build (reputable_press, published 3 Dec 2025, accessed 2026-10-14)