Nuclear Power

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ignores Trump's Order To Revise Radiation Exposure Limits

The agency pretends to loosen scientifically unjustified regulations but does nothing of the sort.

Ronald Bailey | 7.14.2026 3:50 PM

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President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14300 on May 23, 2025, aiming to reform the red tape–wrapped Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which has long stood in the way of the development and deployment of nuclear power. That order noted:

The NRC utilizes safety models that posit there is no safe threshold of radiation exposure and that harm is directly proportional to the amount of exposure. Those models lack sound scientific basis and produce irrational results, such as requiring that nuclear plants protect against radiation below naturally occurring levels. A myopic policy of minimizing even trivial risks ignores the reality that substitute forms of energy production also carry risk, such as pollution with potentially deleterious health effects.

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