America Just Switched On 5 Mini Nuclear Reactors in 62 Days — China Didn't See This Coming

China said the nuclear future belonged to Beijing. Then, between June 4 and August 5, 2026, America brought five brand-new reactors to criticality: five companies, five designs, in Idaho, Utah and Texas. One powered an Nvidia computer. One went critical at 12:20 a.m. on the Fourth of July. Counting down 7 → 1: Palisades comes back from the dead · Deployable Energy's Unity · Valar Atomics' Ward 250 · Antares' Mark-0 · Oklo's Groves · Aalo's Independence Day reactor · TerraPower's Natrium plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Figures come from the Department of Energy, the NRC, the companies themselves and the nuclear industry press. Most of the pilot reactors are low-power test machines rather than grid power plants yet, and the video says so. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 The Fourth of July chain reaction 2:01 #7 Palisades, the plant that came back 4:31 #6 Deployable Energy's Unity 7:12 #5 Valar Atomics' Ward 250 9:58 #4 Antares' Mark-0 12:29 #3 Oklo's Groves reactor 14:56 #2 Aalo-X, the Independence Day reactor 17:52 #1 TerraPower's Natrium #America #China #Nuclear #SMR #Microreactor