Today, President Donald J. Trump took a series of executive actions to unleash nuclear energy in the U.S. as part of the administration’s effort to secure the energy future of America and unleash American energy dominance.
Joining President Trump were some of the top leaders in nuclear energy:
- “We have some of the largest companies in the world — the hyper-scalers — who need this energy for AI, who are now working with us to fund the development and construction of the next-generation nuclear,” said Constellation Energy CEO Joseph Dominguez. “Nuclear is a 24/7 resource. These datacenters run 24/7. Some of them will cost 2, 300 billion, and they want to run them all the time so we can’t use intermittent resources. We need something that’s always on 24/7 and nothing does that better than nuclear … The problem in the industry has historically been regulatory delay.”
- “We’re working on small, next generation reactors that take technology America invented, developed, and pioneered, and bringing it to the market after it sat on the shelves of history for about 40 years — and it’s because of the actions that you’re doing today that are going to help unleash that. Changing the permitting dynamics is going to help things move faster,” said Oklo CEO Jacob DeWitte.
- “Just like car engines need fuel, nuclear reactors need fuel. Right now, the U.S. is completely dependent on other countries to make the key step of enrichment in this fuel, and these Executive Orders are going to pave the way for the U.S. to regain its lead,” said General Matter CEO Scott Nolan.