Trump Orders Dramatic Speedup of U.S. Nuclear Energy Development, “Win the AI Arms Race with China”

May 23rd, 2025

So it goes…

Via: EENews:

President Donald Trump on Friday directed his administration to launch fast-track development of new nuclear power plants, ordering the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to complete licensing of new reactor designs within 18 months and the Department of Energy to speed up reactor testing and start building on federally owned land over the next three years.

“President Trump is taking truly historic action to usher in the American nuclear renaissance,” White House science adviser Michael Kratsios said Friday in a briefing for reporters.

One of four executive orders signed by Trump assigns DOE and the Defense Department to oversee construction of new reactors “to power and operate critical defense facilities” and to power data centers and artificial intelligence programs.

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One Response to “Trump Orders Dramatic Speedup of U.S. Nuclear Energy Development, “Win the AI Arms Race with China””

  1. Snowman says:
    May 23, 2025 at 10:07 pm

    Seems like an unending race to me. How could any win be lasting if the losers are still around to try harder?

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