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President Donald Trump on Friday signed four executive orders aimed at easing regulations on and expanding the production of nuclear energy.

President Donald Trump signed four nuclear energy-related executive orders on Friday that will speed up reactor testing, allow the Departments of Energy and Defense to build nuclear reactors on ...

A series of executive orders aims to promote new kinds of nuclear reactors while restructuring the body in charge of nuclear safety.

May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the nation's independent nuclear regulatory commission to cut down on regulations and fast-track new licenses for reactors and ...

President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday aimed at speeding the development and deployment of nuclear power.

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign executive orders as soon as Friday that aim to jumpstart the nuclear energy industry by easing the regulatory process on approvals for new reactors and ...

Trump signs executive orders meant to resurrect US nuclear power Plan calls for three new reactors to reach criticality in about a year.

The Trump administration has tightened its control over the independent agency responsible for overseeing America's nuclear reactors, and it is considering an executive order that could further ...

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Friday intended to quadruple domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years, a goal experts say the United States is highly unlikely ...

The aim is to increase US nuclear energy capacity from 100GW to 400GW by 2050, including the Department of Energy (DOE) prioritising work "with the nuclear energy industry to facilitate 5 gigawatt of ...