Secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules are made public

: The Energy Department made the rules public a month after NPR reported about their existence. The rules slash requirements for security and environmental protections. Idaho National Laboratory/Collage by Joan Wong for NPR

Idaho National Laboratory/Collage by Joan Wong for NPR

The Department of Energy has made public a set of new rules that slash environmental and security requirements for experimental nuclear reactors.

Last month, NPR reported on the existence of the rules, which were quietly rewritten to accelerate development of a new generation of nuclear reactor designs.

The rule changes came about after President Trump signed an executive order

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