Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base
Headline: Reinvigorates United States Nuclear Industrial Base and Expands Nuclear Energy
What it does: Agencies must rebuild the domestic nuclear fuel cycle, expand uranium processing and enrichment, accelerate reactor restarts and construction, and support industry supply chains and workforce.
- Aims to get 10 large reactors under construction by 2030.
- Expands domestic uranium processing, enrichment, and fuel fabrication for civilian and defense use.
- Creates funding and apprenticeship priorities to grow the nuclear workforce.
Summary
This order directs the federal government to rebuild and expand the United States' nuclear energy industry. It orders faster production of nuclear fuel, expanded domestic uranium conversion and enrichment, recycling and reprocessing of spent fuel, and steps to restart and build reactors.
It requires the Department of Energy and other agencies to deliver reports and plans, use Defense Production Act agreements, halt the current surplus plutonium disposal program except legal obligations to South Carolina, and prioritize loans, grants, and procurement support for industry.
The goal is to secure fuel supplies, strengthen national security, and grow the workforce.
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