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A look back on Trump’s efforts to boost nuclear energy
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TL;DR
- The Trump administration has focused on boosting the U.S. nuclear energy industry over the last 12 months.
- President Trump signed four executive orders to support nuclear energy and outlined a goal to quadruple capacity by 2050.
- Nuclear energy is seen as a carbon-free and reliable power source (92.3% capacity factor) to support the U.S. race for AI dominance against China.
- Efforts include overhauling regulatory processes, accelerating testing of advanced reactors like small modular reactors, and boosting domestic uranium mining and enrichment.