Cooling towers at the nuclear reactor facility at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro, Ga. President Trump signed executive orders which seek to reorganize America’s nuclear regulator while giving a boost to new nuclear technologies. Mike Stewart/AP
Mike Stewart/AP
President Trump signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting nuclear power and restructuring the independent Nuclear Regulatory Commission during an Oval Office event on Friday.
“It’s time. It’s time for nuclear and we’re going to do it very big,” President Trump told reporters, while flanked by executives from the nuclear industry.
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