Nuclear Power

US Energy Dept. Offers Constellation $5B to Accelerate Nuclear Plant Uprates

Conditional financing could speed work to add nearly 1.1 GW of capacity at eight nuclear plants in Illinois, Maryland and Pennsylvania

By Bryan Gottlieb

Photo courtesy Constellation Energy

Constellation's two-unit Braidwood Clean Energy Center in Illinois is among eight nuclear plants that could receive financing under the U.S. Energy Dept. conditional loan commitment of up to $5 billion for uprates and modernization.

October 27, 2026

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