Nuclear energy stocks soared Friday after President Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders. The administration says the new orders will kickstart the production of nuclear power in the U.S. by easing the regulatory process on approvals for new reactors and directing the Departments of Energy and Defense to identify federal lands for nuclear deployment,

Shares of nuclear power companies surged Friday as President Donald Trump signed new executive orders aimed at boosting the industry.

The nuclear industry is expected to benefit from a budget bill approved in the House on Thursday. The legislation, referred to by Trump as his “one big beautiful bill a