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

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.

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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The new reactor will be developed at the San Rafael Energy Research Center in Emery County, Valar Atomics founder Isaiah Taylor said.