The sweeping directives, which senior White House officials dubbed “total and complete reform,” will force the 50-year-old agency to decide on nuclear reactor licenses within

US President Donald Trump on Friday signed a sweeping executive order requiring the nation's independent nuclear regulatory commission to cut down on regulations and accelerate its licensing process for reactors and power plants,

Facing the first rise in power demand in two decades from the boom in artificial intelligence, Trump declared an energy emergency on his first day in office. Chris Wright, the energy secretary, has said the race to develop power sources and data centers needed for AI is "Manhattan Project 2",