Constellation is Expanding its Nuclear Fleet at the Clinton Site with Help from Meta

From PowerMag.com: Sonal Patel

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Image from Constellation’s Clinton Plant: from PowerMag.com

Constellation completed a 20-year power purchase contractual agreement with Meta for 1,121 MW of clean power. Constellation is seeking nuclear construction rights from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as it plans to deploy either an advanced reactor or small modular style reactor (SMR).

“The 20-year agreement includes a 30-MW uprate at Clinton, which Constellation expects to be fully complete in 2029 and to qualify for the federal technology-neutral 45Y clean electricity production tax credit preserved under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

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