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US Aims to Build $80bn Worth of New Nuclear Power Plants by Neil Gerrard

William Attardi on November 1, 2025

The US government has struck up a partnership with the Canadian owners of Westinghouse Electric as part of a plan to build at least $80 billion worth of new nuclear reactors. Westinghouse Electric’s owners, Canada-based Cameco, which supplies uranium and nuclear fuel services, and Brookfield Asset Management, confirmed the strategic partnership to accelerate the deployment of nuclear power in the US. he US government is expected to arrange financing and secure permits for the new nuclear plants in return for a 20% share of future profits, after Westinghouse has paid out profits of $17.5 billion to Brookfield and Cameco. A national deployment of the reactors could generate 100,000 construction job.  US aims to build $80bn worth of new nuclear power plants – Construction Briefing

Westinghouse Plans to Build 10 Large Nuclear Reactors in U.S., Interim CEO Tells Trump

William Attardi on July 16, 2025

Westinghouse plans to build 10 large nuclear reactors in the U.S. with construction to begin by 2030.  Westinghouse’s big AP1000 reactor generates enough electricity to power more than 750,000 homes, according to the company. Building 10 of these reactors would drive $75 billion of economic value across the U.S. and $6 billion in Pennsylvania. Trump issued four executive orders in May that aim to quadruple nuclear power in the U.S. by 2050. The U.S. has built only two new nuclear reactors over the past 30 years, both of which were Westinghouse AP1000s at Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro, Georgia.  Westinghouse emerged from bankruptcy in 2018 and is now owned by Canadian uranium miner Cameco and Brookfield Asset Management. Westinghouse plans to build 10 large nuclear reactors in U.S., interim CEO tells Trump

Telling Time – 12-hour time is a very ancient system that traces back to the Mesopotamian empires. They had a cultural fixation with the number 12, used a base-12 numerical system, and divided up most things into 12ths whenever possible – including day and night. The 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night system spread throughout Europe and the Middle East and has defied multiple attempts to change it over the centuries. Also, for anyone curious as to why there was such a love of the number 12, it was because that was how they counted on their hand. Look at your hand. Notice how each of your fingers minus your thumb has three easily identifiable parts to it. They used to count by using their thumb to count each part of the finger, much in the same way we count to 10 using our fingers today. So, 12 was the max you could count on one hand.