New executive order designed to unleash the American nuclear renaissance
After decades of stagnation and shuttered reactors, the President is providing a path forward for nuclear innovation.
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed several key executive orders (EOs) to usher in a nuclear renaissance and restore America’s gold standard in science and innovation, directing the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to take a leading role in unleashing the American nuclear renaissance.
After decades of stagnation and shuttered reactors, President Trump is providing a path forward for nuclear innovation. The new executive orders allow for reactor design testing at the DOE national laboratories, clear the way for construction on federal lands to protect national and economic security, and remove regulatory barriers by requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to issue timely licensing decisions.
“For too long, America’s nuclear energy industry has been stymied by red tape and outdated government policies, but thanks to President Trump, the American nuclear renaissance is finally here,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said. “With the emergence of AI (artificial intelligence) and President Trump’s pro-American manufacturing policies at work, American civil nuclear energy is being unleashed at the perfect time. Nuclear has the potential to be America’s greatest source of energy addition. It works whether the wind is blowing or the sun is shining, is possible anywhere and at different scales. President Trump’s executive orders today unshackle our civil nuclear energy industry and ensure it can meet this critical moment.”
The President also signed an EO implementing Gold Standard Science to rebuild public trust in the national science enterprise. The EO defines Gold Standard Science and requires federal research agencies to conform their existing programs and activities to these fundamentals. In addition to federal agencies, the Trump Administration is issuing a call to excellence for all American researchers and academic institutions to go back to the basics by restoring Gold Standard Science.
Gold Standard Science is just that—science that meets the Gold Standard. It’s reproducible, transparent, falsifiable, subject to unbiased peer review, clear about errors and uncertainties, skeptical of assumptions, collaborative, interdisciplinary, accepting of negative results, and free from conflicts of interest.
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