WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: President Trump Unleashes Nuclear Energy to Power the Future
Whitehouse.gov ^ | May 23, 2025 | The Whitehouse
Posted on 05/24/2025 10:55:43 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: energy; nuclear; nuclearpower; trump
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1 posted on 05/24/2025 10:55:43 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
To: SoConPubbie
Get ready. Here come the Leftist Greenies to block any new power generation construction. Yet, remember the rolling blackouts in CA? I wonder how many who were demanding the governor to restore power were the same asshats on the picket line at the power construction sites.
2 posted on 05/24/2025 11:00:49 AM PDT by econjack
To: SoConPubbie
Yes Yes Yes!!!
Long term.
Wealth creating. Cheap and reliable power is a force that helps create wealth.
More independence / national sovereignty.
As we create more and more power from nuclear, suddenly electric powered “whatever” really does become cleaner. What you had before was coal, natural gas, and in some cases even oil generated electricity, with fools claiming their electric device was zero emissions (it was simply displaced emissions).
Once you go nuclear, even the most die hard EV critic like myself loses the argument at that point.
3 posted on 05/24/2025 11:12:07 AM PDT by Red6
To: econjack
That’s the problem with this Presidential directive; it can all be derailed by Liberal Judges run amok while doing the bidding of environmental groups or the next President could be a Democrat and kill off anything Trump starts, remember the Keystone XL pipeline, Trump got it going, Biden immediately killed it and no company will start it back up anytime soon.
4 posted on 05/24/2025 11:21:39 AM PDT by srmanuel
To: SoConPubbie
5 posted on 05/24/2025 11:21:57 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: SoConPubbie
I wonder how much of this will be “micro” reactors
6 posted on 05/24/2025 11:23:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: SoConPubbie
NNE is up 30% on Friday.
They are involved in all the process of the Modular Reactor.
Something called laser uranium enrichment.
7 posted on 05/24/2025 11:34:46 AM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
To: BenLurkin
I wonder how much of this will be “micro” reactors
I suspect a lot. The beauty of small reactors is they can be scaled up as needed by simple putting another on site. The big Mega reactors take years to build and can not be scaled up. Small reactors can be built off site and trucked in as needed.
8 posted on 05/24/2025 11:36:21 AM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist ,MAGA)
To: srmanuel
Yep. Trump has a CEO mentality obviously and likes EOs. Getting anything done through Congress is ugly messy business but he needs to get legislation passed wherever possible to make it harder for his enemies to undo his efforts.
He needs to make a deal deal.
9 posted on 05/24/2025 1:06:33 PM PDT by plain talk
To: SoConPubbie
It’s good to have a President who isn’t in it for the money. Thank you President Trump!
10 posted on 05/24/2025 1:35:09 PM PDT by drypowder
To: Red6
“Yes Yes Yes!!!
Long term.”
.
Until the next Democrat administration puts a halt to it...
11 posted on 05/24/2025 3:21:02 PM PDT by Does so ("The guilty flee when no man pursueth"....??...Dem☭¢ruauat... ∅ one ™ ¿ ¡ ☞≣ ½¼)
To: SoConPubbie
The criminal reality is this thread being done at #11.
The problem is the industry has historically seen regulatory delay.”
...while the US Navy sails onward and upward hogging truly fantastic developments while We the People get zip, zero, nada.
12 posted on 05/25/2025 2:16:02 AM PDT by wita (Under oath since May 1966 in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness)
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