Trump Signs Orders to Revive US Leadership in Nuclear Power

Bloomberg · last updated May 23, 2025 – 11:22 AM

President Donald Trump on Friday signed orders meant to accelerate the construction of nuclear power plants, including small, untested designs that offer the promise of rapid deployment but have yet to be built in the US.

The effort is a bid to meet a coming surge in electricity demand and help the US reclaim its edge in nuclear energy. While the US was once the leader in deploying and producing nuclear power, in the last 30 years it’s finished building only two new reactors and shuttered existing plants, even as China and Russia race to deploy them.

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