NUCLEAR/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “Nuclear energy is critical to United States national security. That is why I have taken a series of actions to promote its development and facilitate its use… The purpose of this order is to take an important additional step to revitalize the United States nuclear energy sector, reinvigorate America’s space exploration program, and develop diverse energy options for national defense needs.”
-Donald Trump, “Executive Order on Promoting Small Modular Reactors for National Defense and Space Exploration,” whitehouse.gov, Jan. 12, 2021
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