President Donald Trump signed four nuclear energy-related executive orders on Friday that will speed up reactor testing, allow the Departments of Energy and Defense to build nuclear reactors on federally owned land,

President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to speed up the development of nuclear power and grant the energy secretary authority to approve advanced reactor designs and projects.

President Trump on Friday signed several executive orders to help clear the way for more nuclear power development and, in the words of one of his top officials, "usher in the American nuclear renaissance." "It's a hot industry, it's a brilliant industry," Mr. Trump said of nuclear power before signing the executive orders.