Cascade Advanced Energy Facility

Amazon (via Energy Northwest)

Initial 320 MW, expandable to 960 MW; Amazon funds development

AmazonBUYEREnergy NorthwestUTILITY BUYER

Who's financing it

AmazonINVESTOR IN THE COMPANY

• Russian uranium ban → enrichment squeeze → advanced reactors

  STEP 4/6 · AT RISK HALEU is the bottleneckMost advanced designs need HALEU (5–20% enriched), with no commercial US supply at scale yet.

  STEP 5/6 · AT RISK Advanced reactor timelinesFuel availability becomes a gating item for first units.

• AI data-center demand → clean firm power deals → first-of-a-kind plants

  STEP 4/5 · WATCH Advanced nuclear gets anchor customersBuyers fund development and commit to output from first units.

• DOE loan review → first-of-a-kind financing gap

  STEP 4/4 · WATCH Office relaunched as Energy Dominance FinancingLending shifts toward nuclear and utility expansions (AP1000 offers, Constellation uprates).

Critical inputs

UraniumGraphite

Policy that applies

• 45Y / 48E: all other clean power and storageACTIVE
• 45U: existing nuclearACTIVE
• DOE adds helium to the Critical Material ListIN EFFECT
• DOE Energy Dominance Financing: 10 large reactorsCONDITIONAL OFFERS
• DOE Energy Dominance Financing: Constellation and AlliantANNOUNCED
• Russian uranium import ban: waiver periodWAIVERS UNTIL 2028

• Long Mott Generating StationDevelopment

• sec.gov