Trump Goes 'Nuclear' With Important Executive Orders to Secure America's Energy Future

President Donald Trump probably has done more work in the first 100 days than Joe Biden did in all the time he occupied the Oval Office, and Trump is still hard at it. He knows he has four years, and he's trying to do all he can in the time he has.

One hallmark of the Trump agenda is to get energy up and going again, to ensure our energy independence, dominance, and security. We're already seeing positives from that agenda, including lower gas prices, including the lowest gas prices for Memorial Day in years.

Part of that energy agenda is nuclear energy.

On Friday, Trump had an event signing executive orders to spur the industry.

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum spoke about how nuclear energy had been choked by regulations for 50 years and stagnated the industry.

.@SecretaryBurgum gives remarks ahead of @POTUS signing executive orders on nuclear: "This is a huge day for the nuclear industry... This is going to turn the clock back on over 50 years of regulation of an industry." pic.twitter.com/jW6x64pkyo
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White House staff secretary Will Scharf explained how this was going to help reduce dependence on foreign technologies and invigorate our domestic nuclear industry.

.@POTUS signs an Executive Order directing the reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in order to reduce our dependence on foreign technologies, decrease regulatory barriers, and support our domestic nuclear industry. pic.twitter.com/B9lz0BmJA9
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Then there was helping to speed up the process for specialized reactors.

.@POTUS signs an executive order to speed up the approval and adoption process for specialized nuclear reactors. pic.twitter.com/L6u1GKPQIJ
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Trump joked how, unlike Biden, everyone knew he was signing these, and there wasn't an "autopen" here.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth outlined how this would be important for our national defense, not just our domestic production.

.@SecDef delivers remarks ahead of @POTUS' Executive Orders: "Energy security is national security... by having small, modular nuclear... We're going to have the lights on and AI operating when others do not." pic.twitter.com/3P0xTZgCgx
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Then there was an order to reinvigorate the nuclear industrial base, to work with private industry on next-generation technologies to ensure our dominance and security.

.@POTUS signs an Executive Order to expedite and promote the production and operation of nuclear energy, which is necessary to power the next generation technologies that secure our global industrial, digital, and economic dominance, achieve energy independence, and protect our… pic.twitter.com/FbdJdBYhHX
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The final nuclear order was one to reform testing so that it's working, but it isn't throttling the industry and the development of new reactors that could revolutionize the field.

.@POTUS signs an Executive Order to reform and revise the regulatory process in order to streamline nuclear reactor testing. pic.twitter.com/7qx27SkQe4
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Those executive orders will now "charge" up the industry to help America.

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