Team Pennsylvania Foundation Commitments

Team Pennsylvania’s commitment to this roadmap reflects our role as a nonpartisan, neutral convener focused on turning strategy into coordinated action. Nuclear development in the commonwealth depends on alignment across industry, government, and communities. No single entity can organize that system alone. Our role is to bring the right partners together, connect existing efforts, and help translate opportunity into investable, actionable pathways.

We will focus where coordination challenges are greatest and where Pennsylvania’s strengths can be most effectively activated. That effort includes strengthening the industrial base, aligning infrastructure and planning systems, and ensuring that emerging opportunities create lasting economic value for the commonwealth. Rather than duplicating existing work or leading in areas owned by others, Team Pennsylvania will concentrate on advancing shared initiatives that benefit from cross-sector collaboration.

Activate Site Opportunities and Infrastructure Alignment

Building on site readiness work completed through GAIN’s efforts, Team Pennsylvania will focus on activation. This work centers on bringing together site owners with utilities, transmission planners, and state agencies to align infrastructure planning and development timelines. A key focus will be grid integration and transmission readiness. Interconnection constraints and transmission capacity often determine whether projects can move forward. Team Pennsylvania will help coordinate dialogue across relevant entities to improve visibility into grid conditions and support more predictable pathways to power.

A growing number of large energy users are exploring on-site or behind-the-meter generation to meet demand. These approaches can accelerate project timelines and enable faster deployment of energy-intensive facilities. However, that generation is not typically returned to the broader grid. This challenge creates a risk that new capacity supports individual projects without strengthening the overall system. For Pennsylvania, the opportunity is to ensure that new generation also contributes to grid reliability and enables broader economic activity. Coordinated planning across transmission, generation, and end users will be essential to achieving that outcome. The objective is to move beyond technical site readiness and establish coordinated pathways that reduce uncertainty and support future investment.

Strengthen the Nuclear Industrial Supply Chain

Pennsylvania’s industrial base remains a defining advantage. Many manufacturers across the commonwealth already produce components for highly regulated sectors such as defense and energy. These capabilities provide a strong foundation for participation in nuclear supply chains, but additional steps are often required to meet nuclear-specific standards. Team Pennsylvania will focus on reducing barriers to entry for qualified manufacturers. This effort includes convening industry, technical experts, and federal partners to clarify pathways for nuclear-grade qualification and to better understand the requirements associated with certifications such as ASME standards. By improving visibility into these processes and aligning available resources, this work can help manufacturers evaluate and pursue entry into the nuclear sector with greater confidence.

In parallel, Team Pennsylvania will work with partners to identify opportunities for targeted support that strengthens supplier readiness. This focus area may include coordination around technical assistance, facility upgrades, or process improvements that are necessary to meet nuclear requirements. The goal is to build on existing industrial strengths and expand the number of Pennsylvania-based firms capable of supporting nuclear deployment over time. Models from other sectors, including supplier development programs used in naval shipbuilding, demonstrate that targeted support can accelerate manufacturing readiness and expand qualified supplier bases.

Nuclear Lifecycle Platform Activation

Pennsylvania already has the assets needed to support the nuclear lifecycle. Manufacturing capacity exists across the state. Research institutions provide technical expertise and testing environments. The operating fleet contributes real-world experience that connects design to deployment. The opportunity is to bring these elements into closer alignment and activate them as a coordinated system. Team Pennsylvania will focus on advancing near-term efforts that connect manufacturing to testing and then to deployment. This includes working with partners to improve access to validation infrastructure and to clarify pathways for nuclear-grade qualification. It also includes supporting efforts that help technologies move from development into real operating environments.

This approach does not depend on a single site. It builds on existing assets and links them into a network that functions as an integrated platform. Over time, this network can support a broader lifecycle model that strengthens both innovation and deployment. Some elements of the nuclear lifecycle extend beyond Pennsylvania. In those areas, Team Pennsylvania will work with neighboring states to explore shared approaches while maintaining a focus on capabilities that can be developed within the commonwealth.

Coordinating Action and Tracking Progress

Team Pennsylvania will serve as a central point of coordination across the nuclear ecosystem, helping to align efforts that would otherwise move forward independently. These coordination efforts include maintaining active engagement with stakeholders across the industry to ensure that work within the commonwealth is connected and mutually reinforcing. As initiatives advance, Team Pennsylvania will continue to identify opportunities for collaboration, surface emerging challenges, and help partners navigate areas where coordination is required. This approach reflects the reality that nuclear development depends on sustained alignment across multiple institutions rather than isolated efforts.

Team Pennsylvania will also support visibility into progress. This visibility includes tracking activity related to supply chain readiness, infrastructure alignment, and investment trends, as well as highlighting examples where coordinated action is producing results. By providing a clear view of where momentum is building and where additional focus is needed, this work will help inform decision-making across both the public and private sectors. The roadmap is intended to remain responsive to changing conditions. As technologies evolve and market dynamics shift, Team Pennsylvania will continue to refine priorities and support new areas of collaboration that strengthen Pennsylvania’s position in the nuclear ecosystem. Without sustained coordination, nuclear development risks proceeding in fragmented ways that limit economic impact. Team Pennsylvania’s role is to ensure that these efforts move forward as a connected system that benefits the commonwealth as a whole.

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