On Friday, President Donald Trump signed executive orders aimed at increasing domestic nuclear energy in the next 25 years, a goal that experts are widely considered to be highly unlikely to be achieved.
Nuclear and “Hot Industry”: Trump
“Very safe and clean … We get it very quickly and very safe. We’re going to get people in and out … It’s time for nuclear and we’ll do it very big,” Trump said after signing the US nuclear energy, or quoting agencies said.
According to the AP report, he was surrounded by leaders of industry and called Trump a nuclear “hot industry” in signing an oval office.
Trump has signed a number of powerful orders supporting oil, gas and coal industries that contribute to global warming when used to produce electricity. While nuclear reactors produce electricity without the release of greenhouse gases, Trump emphasized their safety and cleanliness, but did not deal with their climate benefits.
Safety experts, however, point out that nuclear energy carries significant risks that are not associated with other low -air sources, such as the potential for accidents, vulnerability to attacks, and the continued challenge of safe storage of large amounts of dangerous nuclear waste.
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In order to speed up the development of nuclear energy, orders allow the US energy mysterious authority to sanction some advanced proposals and reactor projects, remove the Office from an independent security agency that supervised the US nuclear industry for five decades.
The order comes at a time when demand for electricity is increasing due to an increase in energy -intensive data centers and artificial intelligence. Technical companies, risky capitalists, states and others are all competing for power, and the electrical network of the nation continues.
The AP report said that Jacob Dewitte, Jacob Dewitte, brought a golf ball to the oval office and informed Trump that there was a lot of uranium that could strengthen someone’s all their lives. “It’s no better,” he said, raising the ball. Trump mentioned, “Really very exciting.”
Interior Minister Doug Burgum said: “We have enough electricity to win the AI Arms race with China. What we do in the next five years of electricity will determine the next 50” years in this industry “.
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The aim of the orders is to restructure the independent committee for nuclear regulation to speed up the process of reviewing nuclear projects and set an 18 -month period for the NRC to decide on industrial applications. They also introduce a pilot program that will bring three experimental reactors online to July 4, 2026, only 13 months from here, and authorizes the use of the Defense Act to carry out emergency measures ensuring sufficient uranium stocks and other nuclear fuel for modernized US nuclear energy industry.
In addition, the commands direct energy and defense departments to evaluate the possibility of restarting closed nuclear power plants and the consideration of the location of new reactors on federal land and military base.
(With inputs from AP, nor)
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