President Donald Trump has signed executive orders aimed at speeding up approvals of nuclear reactors on U.S. soil during his term.

Critics warn that the United States may soon be taking on more nuclear safety risks after Donald Trump fired one of five members of an independent commission that monitors the country's nuclear reactors.

Donald Trump’s efforts to strip federal agencies and commissions of their independence took an alarming step Monday, when the president fired one of the five commissioners who sit on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.