While the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 provided increased federal funding for next generation nuclear reactors, the Trump regime has aggressively expanded federal funding for nuclear energy under the guise of national security. Jan Haaken talks with Cathryn Chudy about the Biden and Trump differing visions of a "nuclear renaissance" and how the rapid expansion of AI data centers with a promise of nuclear reactors to generate their massive electricity demands has mobilized resistance across the country. Cathryn Chudy is a member of the Oregon Conservancy Foundation’s Board of Directors, an Associate Producer of Atomic Bamboozle: The False Promise of a Nuclear Renaissance, and Co-Chair of Sierra Club's Nuclear Free Team. Jan is Director of Atomic Bamboozle. Cathryn and Lloyd Marbet will be on Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS)'s "Night With the Experts" with a slide presentation on January 29, 2026 - registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/
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