President Donald Trump, surrounded by Cabinet officials and representatives of the U.S. nuclear industry, signed five executive orders on May 23 that he believes will usher in a nuclear energy renaissance in the United States and restore “gold standard science” in federal decision making.Regulatory overkill has been identified as the chief reason (along with media-driven fear) that the U.S. has surrendered its once-wide lead in nuclear energy technology. Since the Nuclear Regulatory Commission … [Read more...]