Trump on Nuclear Power Production: Most Believed It Was Impossible, But I’m Delighted to Say That Four Companies Have Met the Deadline

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TRUMP: "Last year, I signed four historic executive orders to reignite a wave of progress in America’s nuclear power production and promote this abundant, affordable, unlimited supply of energy for the American people. As part of this effort, I directed Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to establish a pilot program for advanced reactors and see at least three cutting-edge reactors started up safely by the 4th of July. And what we’ve done has been pretty much of a miracle. Most believe the goal was impossible, but I’m delighted to say that four companies succeeded in meeting their deadline for The Greatest in the World at this subject. So these are the first new privately funded advanced reactors in the United States, in over four decades. Making sure that these groundbreaking designs were safe to build and test so quickly was a challenge it required an historic partnership between innovative companies And our administration we have brilliant nuclear people We’ve got a lot of brilliant people but we had brilliant nuclear people on our staff In the past It often took six years or more To approve a reactor design If they ever approved at all Most didn’t get approval Maybe rightfully so But now America is building again America’s dreaming again And we’re leading the world and pioneering The next generation of nuclear power"