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US Nuclear Industry Revival on the Horizon

 In late May, President Trump issued four separate Executive Orders (EOs)
with respect to growing the nuclear power industry in the US. As the
implementation of these orders begins, several Washington focused
publications have written about one emerging consequence of these EOs—the
likely termination of NRC oversight with respect to approval of new nuclear
reactor designs.

This major responsibility is being moved to the Pentagon
and the Department of Energy. One administration official referred to the
NRC’s prospective role in reactor approval as akin to a rubber stamp. The
implied criticism here being that the NRC was much too slow in approving
new reactor designs and are an obstacle to the President’s goal of
dramatically increasing nuclear power in the US. So, in effect, they got
FEMA’d. This raises the question whether we are effectively deregulating
commercial nuclear energy technologies, assuming, of course, that the
prospective review processes of the Pentagon and DoE are less rigorous than
the NRC’s.

 Oil Price 21st July 2025, https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/US-Nuclear-Industry-Revival-on-the-Horizon.html

July 24, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA