Kevin O'Leary

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Short Wave · Are Trump and AI driving a nuclear power boom? · 20 Jul 2026 podcast

So in the old rules, they said things like groundwater must be protected from radiological contamination. matched

And in the new rules, they say things like consideration must be given to avoiding or minimizing potential radiological contamination from groundwater from nuclear energy authorized facilities and radiological activities. matched

So changes to environmental rules was a big one. matched

Another huge one was security. matched

They consolidated over 500 pages of security rules into a single 23-page document. matched

So those are but two examples of over 750 pages of rules that were cut from these internal nuclear orders that the Department of Energy used to regulate its own people. matched

Oh, yeah. matched

So first and foremost was Ed Lyman. matched

He's from the Union of Concerned Scientists. matched

And, you know, he was worried about safety. matched

He is worried about environmental protections. matched

Security was also a big one for him. matched

Of course, if you bend all the rules, you can do things quickly. matched

You have to go by the book. matched

And, you know, other people I spoke to were very concerned about the lack of public engagement because the Department of Energy was sending these new orders in draft form to the companies they were supposed to be overseeing. matched

But at no point were they even telling the public they were doing this. matched

So I spoke to Katie Huff, who used to run the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy. matched

She's now at the University of Illinois. matched

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So the Department of Energy gave me a very lengthy point-by-point response to my reporting, which I actually appreciated. matched

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