{"id":150785,"date":"2025-05-24T06:25:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T06:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-signs-executive-orders-to-spur-us-nuclear-energy-renaissance-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T06:25:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T06:25:05","slug":"trump-signs-executive-orders-to-spur-us-nuclear-energy-renaissance-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-signs-executive-orders-to-spur-us-nuclear-energy-renaissance-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signs executive orders to spur US \u2018nuclear energy renaissance\u2019 – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

President aims to construct new nuclear reactors as he implements his own energy policies and undoes Joe Biden\u2019s
Donald Trump<\/a> signed a series of executive orders on Friday intended to spur a \u201cnuclear energy renaissance\u201d through the construction of new reactors he said would satisfy the electricity demands of data centers for artificial intelligence and other emerging industries.
The orders represented the president\u2019s latest foray into the policy underlying America\u2019s electricity supply. Trump declared a national energy emergency<\/a> on his first day in office over and moved to undo a ban implemented by Joe Biden on new natural gas export terminals and expand oil and gas drilling in Alaska.
Nuclear<\/a> does not carry oil and gas\u2019s carbon emissions, but produces radioactive waste that the United States lacks a facility to permanently store. Some environmental groups have safety concerns over the reactors and their supply chain.
Trump signed four orders intended to speed up the approval of nuclear reactors for defense and AI purposes, reform the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with the goal of quadrupling production of electricity over the next 25 years, revamp the regulatory process to have three experimental reactors operating by 4 July 2026 and boost investment in the technology\u2019s industrial base.
\u201cMark this day on your calendar. This is going to turn the clock back on over 50 years of overregulation of an industry,\u201d the interior secretary, Doug Burgum, said at an Oval Office event where Trump signed the orders.
\u201cPresident Trump here today has committed to energy dominance, and part of that energy dominance is that we\u2019ve got enough electricity to win the AI arms race with China.\u201d
High-profile accidents at nuclear plants in the United States and abroad stirred public opposition to nuclear energy in decades past, but Trump described the technology as \u201cvery safe\u201d.
However, the effort of the \u201cdepartment of government efficiency\u201d to downsize the federal workforce has created snafus like the temporary firings<\/a> of some employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the US nuclear arsenal. It is also feared to hamper a long-running nuclear waste cleanup operation<\/a> in Washington state.
In Congress, Trump\u2019s Republican allies have moved to implement his energy policies and repeal Biden\u2019s.
A sprawling tax-and-spending bill<\/a> the House of Representatives passed this week changes the rules for tax incentives created under Biden for renewable energy power plants to make them available only for projects that begin construction within 60 days of the bill\u2019s enactment, and are completed by 2028.
But nuclear plants only have to be under construction by 2028, a less strict guideline.<\/p>\n

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