Trump declared a national energy emergency on day one, responding to the first major U.S. power demand surge in decades.

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.

Constellation Energy, the largest nuclear operator in the U.S., rose by 3% by Friday afternoon, while shares of uranium mining firms Uranium Energy (23%), Energy Fuels (17%), Cameco Corp. (9.5%) and Centrus Energy (22%) also spiked in value.

Iran and the United States concluded a fifth round of high-stakes nuclear talks in Rome on Friday amid growing skepticism in Tehran about the chances of a deal as Washington hardens its position.

In the 1970s, the USSR used nuclear devices to try to send water from Siberia's rivers flowing south, instead of its natural route north.

South Carolina State University opened a nuclear reaction control room simulator as part of the HBCU's efforts to expand its students options for nuclear jobs.

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