DOGE goes nuclear: How trump invited silicon valley into America’s nuclear power regulator

The Trump administration, through Elon Musk's DOGE team, is dramatically reshaping U.S. nuclear energy regulation to accelerate AI-related power capacity. A 31-year-old DOGE appointee with no nuclear expertise led DOE meetings where health and safety concerns were dismissed, while career experts were forced out and thousands of pages of regulations rewritten. Silicon Valley-backed nuclear energy companies are gaining increasing policy influence as a 'move fast and break things' ethos is imposed on nuclear oversight.