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Trump and Takaichi Unveil $40 Billion Nuclear Reactor Deal in Southern US

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President Donald Trump announced with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a new nuclear power project located in the southern United States, marking their latest joint initiative. The two leaders revealed at the White House that this development stems from an investment fund established under recent trade agreements between Washington and Tokyo to boost energy capacity through small modular reactors (SMRs). GE Vernova Inc., which Trump previously cited as a key partner for SMR technology in Japan's nuclear sector, is central to executing these $40 billion investments.

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    [Mar 20] President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced a nuclear power project in southern US.
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    The initiative stems from an investment fund established by the two countries as part of their trade pact, with GE Vernova Inc. involved.
[Mar 20] "President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced a nuclear power project in the southern US... At the White House on Thursday, the two leaders said that GE Vernova Inc."