Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/01/trump-energy-department-hits-its-target-on-small-nuclear-reactors-now-comes-the-hard-part-00983492 From the post: >>The Trump administration announced Wednesday that three advanced nuclear reactors built by U.S. companies had reached key operational milestones, meeting its July 4 goal to advance the nascent technology it hopes will revolutionize the power sector. A reactor from Houston-based Deployable Energy became the third during Trump’s term to reach criticality, in which it produces a stable nuclear chain reaction, as part of a program sponsored by the Energy Department. The administration’s focus on deploying smaller nuclear technologies comes as U.S. energy demand is soaring, driven in part by the rise of power-hungry data centers.