That did not happen, after the President created the EPA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which aimed to prevent it.

Judged as of September 2023. True: records show the US did not build anything near 1,000 new nuclear reactors and did not switch its electricity supply entirely to nuclear power following Project Independence (for example the US had about 90–100 operating reactors and nuclear supplied about 20% of electricity). Mostly true: the outcome holds but a minor detail of what Project Independence proposed is slightly misstated. Mostly false or false: evidence shows the US built close to 1,000 reactors, or became mostly or entirely nuclear-powered.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 The bumpy road to nuclear energy Christian Science Monitor · 13 August 2009

   “In 1974, President Nixon announced Project Independence – a plan to build 1,000 nuclear stations. But of the 253 reactors eventually ordered by the US electric industry, 71 were canceled before construction began, according to a tally by the antinuclear group Beyond Nuclear.”

2. E2 Nuclear power plants U.S. Energy Information Administration · 21 August 2023

   “As of August 1, 2023, 93 nuclear reactors were operating at 54 nuclear power plants in 28 states.”

3. E3 Breaking a bad habit New Times San Luis Obispo · 21 March 2024

   “He called for 1,000 nuclear plants to be built by the end of the 20th century, producing half the nation’s energy demand.”

4. E4 Operating Reactors | Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission · 29 October 2026

   “NRC regulates the operation of 94 commercial nuclear power reactors that generate electricity.”

The EIA reports that 93 nuclear reactors were operating in the US as of August 1, 2023 (E2). E1 reports that the US electric industry eventually ordered only 253 reactors, of which 71 were cancelled before construction began. Both are far short of the 1,000 stations Project Independence planned (E1, E3), so the main point holds: the plan did not happen. E3 describes the plan's goal as 1,000 plants producing half of the nation's energy demand.