On July 29, 2024, Hunterbrook Media (“Hunterbrook”) reported that “[t]he U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement is conducting an ‘active and ongoing’ investigation into NuScale”, citing the “SEC’s July 24 response to an open records request obtained by Hunterbrook[.]” Although the SEC’s response to Hunterbrook’s request did not provide details regarding the subject of its investigation, Hunterbrook’s report noted that “the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission raised significant questions about NuScale’s risk mitigation plans for one of its reactor designs” and further asserted that “after a decade and a half of research and development, NuScale has yet to commercialize any reactors.”

Following this news, NuScale’s stock price fell over 12% the same day.