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Trump Signs Legislation to Promote Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology
President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill called the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act (NEICA). This is to help speed up the development of advanced reactors in the United States by cutting several financial and technological barriers.The Trump administration has made shoring up existing nuclear power plants a key — and controversial — component of its energy agenda. But it's also looking ahead to the next generation of nuclear reactor technology.
On Friday, President Trump signed the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act (NEICA), which passed earlier last month with bipartisan support. The bill is expected to speed up the development of advanced reactors in the U.S. by eliminating several of the financial and technological barriers standing in the way of nuclear innovation.
"There are some truly transformative advanced nuclear technologies being developed in America right now, and this bill just reinforces this administration's continued efforts to revitalize the nuclear industry," said Ed McGinnis, principal deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy, in a statement.