President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to speed up the development of nuclear power and grant the energy secretary authority to approve advanced reactor designs and projects.

President Donald Trump signed four executive orders aimed at launching a “renaissance” for the U.S. nuclear energy sector. The orders announce objectives of deploying 300 GW of new nuclear energy capacity by 2050 (a fourfold increase over current levels) and having 10 large reactors under construction in the United States by 2030.

May 2025, as U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act — a law that makes it illegal to publish intimate visual depictions of people, both authentic and com

President Trump on Friday signed several executive orders to help clear the way for more nuclear power development and, in the words of one of his top officials, "usher in the American nuclear renaissance." "It's a hot industry, it's a brilliant industry," Mr. Trump said of nuclear power before signing the executive orders.

Nuclear energy stocks soared Friday after President Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders. The administration says the new orders will kickstart the production of nuclear power in the U.S. by easing the regulatory process on approvals for new reactors and directing the Departments of Energy and Defense to identify federal lands for nuclear deployment,

As last week came to an end, a federal judge appointed by George W. Bush blocked one of Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting a law firm. As this week gets underway, as Reuters reported, a different federal judge appointed by the same Republican president went even further.