Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies For National Security

It treats reliable nuclear power as a national security priority and uses federal sites, nuclear materials, financing, permitting, and diplomacy to expand the domestic nuclear industry and reduce foreign dependence.

What the order does ​

• Directs the Army to operate a military-regulated nuclear reactor at a domestic military installation by September 30, 2028.
• Requires the Energy Department to select federal sites within 90 days and target operation of the first privately funded advanced reactor within 30 months.
• Directs the Energy Department to identify reusable uranium and plutonium and provide at least 20 metric tons of high-assay low-enriched uranium for qualifying private projects at its sites.
• Authorizes Defense and Energy to support private nuclear fuel recycling, reprocessing, fabrication, and reactor projects on federal sites.
• Directs agencies to examine faster environmental review and permitting pathways for advanced reactors on federal property.
• Seeks at least 20 new peaceful nuclear cooperation agreements, faster export decisions, and expanded federal financing and promotion of U.S. nuclear projects abroad.
• Prioritizes security clearances needed to distribute and use nuclear energy and fuel-cycle technologies.

Who it affects ​

• Military installations, national laboratories, critical defense facilities, and federally connected AI data centers.
• Advanced reactor developers, nuclear fuel producers, technology exporters, investors, and lenders.
• U.S. allies and commercial partners seeking American civil nuclear technology, fuel, equipment, or services.