Jutta Paulus· Verts/ALE

Confirmed

200 million euros of tax money is proposed to be spent on small modular reactor development.

Omissions

• The 200 million EUR is specifically an InvestEU top-up (de-risking guarantees), not a direct budget expenditure; it is allocated until 2028, not a single-year allocation; the announcement was made on the same day as the speech (2026-03-10), so the MEP was responding to a same-day announcement.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission - Small Modular Reactors CommunicationInvestEU top-up of EUR 200 million until 2028 to further support the deployment of the initial commercial units of innovative nuclear
• PrimaryEuropean Commission News - SMR Strategy AnnouncementThe European Commission has today presented a strategy to accelerate the development and deployment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)
• SecondaryNucleareurope - Commission unveils support for investment in Small Modular Reactorsproposal to establish an additional temporary InvestEU top-up of €200 million to further support the deployment