Red, white and glowing blue: Trump's push for new reactors reaches the finish line
The Trump administration accelerated a program enabling small companies to fast-track testing of new nuclear reactor designs. The push has drawn concern from some observers who believe the expedited process may be cutting corners on safety review.
Why this matters: Nuclear power is back in the conversation, and speed is the selling point. But speed in nuclear regulation is not a neutral technical choice. When safety review gets compressed, the people who absorb the consequences are not the companies building the reactors. They are the communities living near them. New reactor designs have not been tested at scale. The question worth pressing is not whether innovation is good. It is who decides when a design is safe enough, and what recourse exists if that call turns out to be wrong.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators
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