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Nuclear Infrastructure,
from Origination to Commissioning

We support ALL phases of successful deployment on a nuclear site

Deployment timeline: 01 Origination, 02 Development, 03 Construction, 04 Commissioning and Startup, 05 Commercial Operation, with Operational Readiness running from Development through Commercial Operation

Reactor design is not what’s holding nuclear back.

America has built nuclear power plants on time and on budget before, but in the past decade, the country only completed two.

The gap is in deployment: the ability to plan, build, and commission large nuclear assets to schedule and on budget, repeatedly.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, “Plant Vogtle Unit 4 begins commercial operation,” Today in Energy, May 1, 2024. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61963

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The Nuclear Company closes that gap.

Design once. Build many.
We leverage standardized designs from existing reactor technology providers, develop repeatable delivery processes, and carry what we learn on every project into the next.

Our Model

Our “best athlete” model carries a nuclear plant from origination through decades of operation. We structure each project’s ownership, risks allocation, and division of responsibility to optimize for stakeholder strengths and align incentives.

We own and operate

We originate, develop, finance, build, own, and operate the plant. (A build–own–operate structure.)

Diagram of a continuous wave linking the two partnership structures

In every partnership structure,
the plant gets the same deployment discipline
and the same long-term service.

We deliver as a service

We deliver the project for you, from origination through startup, and service it afterward. (A deploy-service structure)

We bring together every capability a nuclear project requires.

Site, Customer & Community

Screening parcels for favorable attributes and red flags, securing land control, conducting detailed studies and analyses to verify land suitability for nuclear projects.

Community engagement

Earning the right to build, with local trust and endorsement.

Licensing & permitting

Ensuring the project scope is approved by the necessary authorities and meets the highest levels of safety and environmental protection.

Offtake

Brokering long term power purchase agreements that guarantee return on project investment.

Financing

Coordinating the debt and equity capital needed to develop and deliver the project with maximum efficiency and the most appropriate risk-sharing structure.

Engineering & technology

Engineering management that selects a complete design early and adheres to it, with strict robust change controls and interfaces between design and construction partners.

Supply Chain & Procurement

Standardized packages and a pipeline of projects that build supplier relationships on confidence and sustained orders.

Construction, Commissioning & Startup

Coordinate the delivery of heavy construction, testing, fuel load, and the transition to commercial operation.

Operational Readiness

Hiring, training, and qualifying the operations team long before fuel load, with security and emergency preparedness built in from the start.

Programmatic approach
to projects.

The strongest nuclear build-outs in history were not collections of individual projects. They were systems of execution: standardized, continuous, and staffed by experienced teams who executed again and again.

The American Fleet, 1970s–80s

A combination of designs and continuous construction, with a supply chain that could count on the next order.

France, Korea, China

Programmatic deployment and workforce continuity, sustained across decades and repeatedly outperforming one-off megaprojects.

Megaproject Discipline Beyond Nuclear

LNG and heavy industrial programs, where repetition, modularity, and rigorous front-end loading are the difference between a program and an overrun.

Nuclear reactors in operation, under construction, and planned by 2030 and 2050: United States compared with China

Sources:

¹ Lovering, J., Yip, A., and Nordhaus, T., “Historical construction costs of global nuclear power reactors,” Energy Policy 91 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.01.011
² MIT Energy Initiative, The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World (2018). http://energy.mit.edu/research/future-nuclear-energy-carbon-constrained-world
³ Merrow, E. W., Industrial Megaprojects: Concepts, Strategies, and Practices for Success (Wiley, 2011).
⁴ U.S. Department of Energy, Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Advanced Nuclear, 2024 Update. https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/LIFTOFF_DOE_Advanced-Nuclear-Update.pdf

Levelized Cost
Of Energy

Gigawatt Fleet Deployment

Levelized cost of energy falls 67%: $158/MWh at Vogtle 3 and 4, $161 to $123/MWh for the next two reactors, and $52/MWh for the Nth of a kind

Sources:

Shirvan, K., 2024. Total cost projection of next AP1000. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024. Third-party estimate; not a projection of TNC performance.

An Issue of
National Security

China is estimated to reach 200 gigawatts, double that of the United States’ current nuclear capacity, within 15 years.

Enabled by NOS.
Every project runs on our Nuclear Operating System: one operating model, one data backbone, one institutional memory.

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