Opposition Mounting to Deep Fission

Beyond Nuclear is quoted in a July 28, 2026 Wall Street Journal article “An Underground Nuclear Reactor Is Coming to This Kansas Town—and Dividing Locals”, describing California nuclear start-up company Deep Fission’s plans for a 15 megawatt electric micro-reactor modular design to be operated at the bottom of a mile-deep borehole drilled into bedrock. Parsons, KS was selected as one of 11 US Department of Energy (DOE) reactor pilot sites for projects expedited by a Trump administration Executive Order, but opposition is growing in Parsons from the newly-formed Prairie Dog Alliance. The White House has empowered the DOE to issue the design approval for new commercial nuclear power reactors, superseding the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s longstanding exclusive role for commercial reactor licensing. More