At the beginning of his second term, President Donald Trump set an expansive agenda for accelerating the deployment of new nuclear energy at home and advancing US industry leadership abroad, doubling down on the previous administration’s goal to increase nuclear energy capacity.
The challenge is how to achieve this agenda fast. For an industry that rightly puts safety and caution front and center, this will be a tough job—but doable with strong policy support.
The following measures would enable Washington to accelerate the United States’ expansion of peaceful civil nuclear energy domestically and strengthen export potential to partners and allies.
Building new nuclear in the United States
To facilitate nuclear energy expansion domestically, US policymakers, regulators, and investors have at their disposal at least two primary mechanisms: creating market incentives and enabling new sources of financing.
