Trump signs executive orders boosting nuclear energy

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President Donald Trump signed four executive orders Friday afternoon aimed at jumpstarting the construction of nuclear reactors over the next four years. 

The executive orders call for overhauling and simplifying the regulatory processes for approving new nuclear energy projects, while boosting domestic mining and enrichment of uranium, to reduce reliance on foreign nations such as China and Russia. 

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