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This story is supported by the Pulitzer Center and is part of the “Texas Energy Crossroads” project, a partnership between The Hill and Nexstar Texas stations examining the oil and gas industry and the politics surrounding it following President Trump’s second inauguration.

The attached video is from an Aalo Atomics in April 2025.

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Building new nuclear reactors in Central Texas is getting an extra push. President Trump's Department of Energy selected Aalo Atomics, a local nuclear energy company, as one of several companies that will help boost the nation's nuclear energy industry.

The company, which builds modular nuclear reactors, will be assigned a "concierge team" by the DOE that will help cut through red tape. The goal is to test the company's exper

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