President Trump just signed an executive order making it easier and quicker to establish specialized nuclear reactors for both defense and other installations that require incredible amounts of energy, like AI.
Trump also signed a second order that’s set to quadruple US nuclear power over next 25 years.
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Here’s more from NBC News:
President Donald Trump on Friday signed four executive orders aimed at easing regulations on and expanding the production of nuclear energy.
The executive orders aim to reform nuclear energy research at the Department of Energy, clear a path to allow the Energy Department to build nuclear reactors on federally-owned land, overhaul the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and expand uranium mining and enrichment in the U.S.
The CEOs of several nuclear energy companies — including Joseph Dominguez of Constellation Energy, Jacob DeWitte of Oklo and Scott Nolan of General Matter — stood alongside the president, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum while Trump signed the executive orders.
In remarks before the president signed the orders, Burgum said that they would “turn the clock back on over fifty years of over regulation of an industry,” adding later that “each of these help attack separate issues that have held back this industry.”
Meanwhile, Trump described the nuclear energy industry as “hot,” telling reporters, “It’s a hot industry. It’s a brilliant industry. You have to do it right.”
A senior administration official who briefed reporters ahead of the signing said that the executive order that will allow nuclear reactors to be built on federal land was aimed in part at helping address growing electricity demand due to AI technology, telling reporters that the order, “allows for safe and reliable nuclear energy to power and operate critical defense facilities and AI data centers.”
Trump’s executive orders also aim to speed up the review and regulatory processes for building and operating nuclear reactors, with the fourth executive order including a provision that requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to make decisions on new nuclear reactor licenses within 18 months, the official said.
In remarks shortly before the president signed the executive orders in the Oval Office, Hegseth addressed the need for more energy to fuel AI, telling reporters, “We’re including artificial intelligence in everything we do. If we don’t, we’re not fast enough. We’re not keeping up with adversaries. You need the energy to fuel it. Nuclear is a huge part of that.”