Trump signs executive orders aimed at easing regulations on and expanding nuclear energy production

On the 23rd, US President Trump signed a series of executive orders to promote nuclear power, setting out a policy to quadruple the current nuclear power generation capacity in the US by 2050. He also instructed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which is responsible for safety inspections, to review its organizational structure and "expedite the processing of license applications." Citizen groups have warned that deregulation of nuclear p…

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The orders will prompt the building of new reactors and boost domestic mining and enrichment of uranium, with the United States relying on imports for most of the crucial fuel

Utah will have a new nuclear reactor running by 2026, Gov. Cox and startup Valar Atomics announce

The new reactor will be developed at the San Rafael Energy Research Center in Emery County, Valar Atomics founder Isaiah Taylor said.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed four executive orders related to nuclear energy on Friday. These will accelerate reactor testing, allow the Departments of Energy and Defense to build nuclear reactors on federal land, and reform the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Trump signs executive orders intended to accelerate regulatory approvals for nuclear reactors

The administration said Friday it wants to quadruple the U.S.’s installed nuclear capacity by 2050 to 400 gigawatts

Nuclear energy, baby, nuclear energy. No country produces as much nuclear power as the US. President Trump goes on, however. With a series of new decrees wil...