Programmes and agreements / prg-us-indiana-oed-eli-lilly-nuclear-loi

Indiana Office of Energy Development and Eli Lilly letter of intent on SMR and advanced nuclear projects

Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed a nonbinding letter of intent under which the state's Office of Energy Development and Eli Lilly will collaborate to explore small modular reactor and other advanced nuclear projects for industrial, research and community power, including screening of the LEAP Research and Innovation District. It names no vendor, site or capacity and is not an order or permit.

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

Cooperation agreement or MOU

Countries concerned

United States

Region named by the sources

Indiana

Participants and roles

• Government: Indiana Office of Energy Development
• Host or customer: Eli Lilly and Company

Designs named

—

Scale as stated

Not stated by the sources

Announced or first reported

Apr 2026

Status

Active
Nonbinding letter of intent, no vendor, site or capacity, on-site screening discussions for the LEAP District or other Lilly locations.

Confidence

low

Last checked

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

Related deployment projects

• No related deployment project is recorded here.

Sources

• Eli Lilly signs LOI with Indiana on nuclear power projects (reputable_press, published 17 Apr 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)