More Meiler and less bureaucracy-that is the explained goal of the US president. Donald Trump wants to push America with a whole series of reactors for global nuclear preservation. Belgium and Italy also leave their old exit plans in Europe.
It sounds like the Mottenbox of the 1980s nuclear energy is back. And with full power. Above all, the American president, who leaves no doubt where the journey is going. His motto, clearly applicable to nuclear level: “Make America again nuclear”. Four decrees, one goal: more Meiler, less bureaucracy.
The approval of new reactors should take place in the future in just 18 months – so far this has been a decade. At the same time, the uranium financing will be collected again. The United States must become a “real power in the nuclear industry,” says Trump. Why? Simply: data centers, artificial intelligence, e-mobility-the US have electricity hunger. Lots of electricity.
“Turn the clock back”
Trump wants to fourfold the nuclear production. As a step back, he sells like a step back: “After 50 years of regulation we turn the clock back.” His Minister of the Interior Doug Burgum seconded: “We free a future industry from strangling the bureaucrats.”
Nuclear energy is also being used again in Europe – albeit with other signs. Belgium, for example, quietly and quietly said goodbye to the nuclear phase. With an overwhelming majority, the parliament voted for the term expansion of the existing reactors – and at the same time paved the way for new systems. Safety and independence are the keywords here, also with a view to the energy policy of Russia.
“Small modular reactors”
In the meantime there was a real novelty in Italy: the Lombardy region was the first to sign a cooperation agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA – located in Vienna. The aim is to use nuclear energy – in medicine, agriculture and possibly soon again for generating electricity. We are talking about SMRs – small modular reactors. Mini-Milier with a great effect.
At least the president of Lombardy, Attilio Fontana, cheered: “The nuclear energy is a way to promote ecological change.”
A sentence that US President Trump should also find. Because between megawatts and energy policy demonstrates: nuclear energy is back – as part of the green change, digital tree and geopolitical protection. The reactor of the future is small, modular and politics again very explosive.
Source: Krone
I’m Ben Stock, a journalist and author at Today Times Live. I specialize in economic news and have been working in the news industry for over five years. My experience spans from local journalism to international business reporting. In my career I’ve had the opportunity to interview some of the world’s leading economists and financial experts, giving me an insight into global trends that is unique among journalists.
