Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House and Interior Minister Doug Burgum, was behind Trump during the signing of the Oval Office.
President Donald Trump ordered the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to reduce reactor licensing tests to 18 months on Friday, and indicated every Federal Science Agency to follow a newly defined game book “Gold Standard Science” that emphasizes reproducibility, transparent data and conflicts of interest. The executive order calls for studies that are “reproducible, transparent, transparent, falsible, subject to an impartial review of the peer, clearly about mistakes and uncertainties, skeptical of assumptions, collaborative, interdisciplinary, negative results and free of conflicts of interest”.
The revision of the nuclear regulation, which the White House has framed as the greatest revision for decades, also opens up federal state for new buildings, have DOE Labs prototype tested and try to rebuild an uranium supply chain at a time when 94 aging reactors still deliver about 19% of the US current.
The same package indicates every federal research agency to follow the principles of reproducibility and transparency of “gold standard science”.
The topic of AI was mentioned several times in the press conference. The Interior Minister Doug Burgum, for example, noticed: “What we do in the next 5 years in connection with electricity in terms of electricity will determine the next 50 because it is the first time in history in which electricity can be translated into intelligence and we need this intelligence for every aspect of our economy, but also for defense.”
Defense Minister Pete Hegseth also spoke on this topic and added that the Ministry of Defense included “artificial intelligence in everything we do”. He continued: “If we don't, we are not fast enough. We don't keep pace with opponents. You need the energy to recharge your batteries. Nuclear is a large part of it.”
Three CEOs of nuclear-oriented companies were among the press announcement presented in a press announcement, including Joe Dominguez from Constellation Energy (largest American operator) “At three places in this country we try to licensing new reactors at places that have already been reactors.” Well, we have been advising nuclear weapons for four decades. Why do we ask this question at all? I would rather spend this $ 35 million, three times, 105 million US dollars, perfect a design, build up the foundation and get started. We have to do this for America. “
Dominguez found that some of the “largest companies in the world” that refer to Hoferscale -Cloud companies need energy for AI. Constitution energy now is working with you on the construction of the next generation nuclear. “These data centers run around the clock. Some of them cost 300 billion US dollars and want to keep it executing so that we cannot use intermittent resources,” he said. “We need something that is always around the clock and nothing better than nuclear.”
Jacob Dewitte, CEO of Oklo, said in the same press conference: “We see private investments in the room that we have never seen before. We went to the stock exchange about a year ago-the most successful go-public results for a transaction for a small nuclear company for a small nuclear company because the market needs this and wants this.
Scott Nolan, CEO of General Matter, also spoke and described the company's goal of “bringing back the management of the USA in the production of nuclear fuel”. He explained: “Just like automotors need fuel, nuclear reactors need fuel. At the moment, the United States is completely dependent on other countries in order to take the most important step of enrichment in this fuel, and these management orders will pave the way for the USA to regain their leadership. We appreciate it very much.”
Russia is currently the primary commercial provider of high-quality uranium (Haleu), a kind of uranium that is enriched between 5% and 20% U-235 through its state-owned company Rosatom.