US President Trump has signed four executive orders aimed at easing regulations on and expanding the production of nuclear energy. The executive orders aim to: (1) reform nuclear energy research at the Department of Energy; (2) clear a path to allow the Energy Department to build nuclear reactors on federally-owned land; (3) overhaul the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and (4) expand uranium mining and enrichment in the US. Together, the orders intend to spur a “nuclear energy renaissance” through the construction of new reactors that would satisfy the electricity demands of data centres for AI and other emerging industries.
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