Posted on 05/23/2025 12:25:26 PM PDT by Libloather
President Donald Trump signed several executive orders (EOs) on nuclear energy proliferation and an order removing political considerations from public-sector science, as conservatives claimed the latter was scandalized in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump also signed restoring "gold standard science" as the cornerstone of federal research.
A senior White House official said on Friday there has been a decline in "disruptive research" and investments in biomedical research, along with "serious cases" of fraud and misconduct and the inability to reproduce scientific methods for the purpose of restoring public trust.
The official also blamed policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and "woke DEI initiatives" for endangering the public’s trust in government scientists.
Now-retired NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci was repeatedly denounced for flip-flopping and obfuscating during his time engineering the federal response to COVID-19, leading many particularly on the right to disregard and dismiss the legitimacy of federal health authorities outright.
That order cites the fact the Biden administration included political edits from teachers unions in school-reopening guidance, instead of leading with any scientific evidence.
The order will enforce "gold standard science," defined as reproducible, transparent and falsifiable – as well as being subject to peer review and making sure that scientists are not discouraged from discovering outcomes that run counter to a narrative.
In terms of nuclear energy, one order will reform nuclear R&D at the Energy Department, accelerate reactor testing at national labs and establish a pilot program for new construction.
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All of Trumps great EO’s are worthless unless congress gets off their lazy arsenal and makes them law.
However, from the appearance of things the republican congress, or are they really democrats, doing everything they can to elect democrats.
Each power plant on an aircraft carrier can produce 100 MW, enough energy for 10,000 homes.
It depends on the design of the reactor.
Military runs highly enriched uranium so the reactor can be much smaller.
USA reactors run 5% enriched so cheaper to fuel but they need to be bigger.
Canada runs on natural uranium w heavy water moderator and needs to be even bigger to offset Xenon buildup.
It is about time. Thank you God for hearing our prayers about helping this nation. Please strengthen Trump’s hand and give him wisdom.
Surely somewhere there is a federal judge who can stop this? (sarc)
IIRC Hillary Clinton gave Russia the rights to buy a huge amount of uranium from the USA. I wonder if that is down the memory hole
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