Can Trump team meet ambitious nuclear energy deadlines?

Published September 4, 2025 5:00am ET



President Donald Trump has vowed to usher in a nuclear energy renaissance, promising to deploy traditional reactors and advanced technologies swiftly to get ahead in the artificial intelligence race. 

But overhauling the nuclear energy industry, which has seen only a glacial pace of projects in recent decades, will not be easy. Some analysts say the Trump administration may overpromise what it can achieve in the next four years.

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