特朗普政府秘密地削弱了核安全规则,以加速小型反应堆的开发,引起对安全和透明度的关切。 The Trump administration secretly weakened nuclear safety rules to speed up small reactor development, raising safety and transparency concerns.

特朗普政府秘密修订了核安全条例,以加速发展小型模块式反应堆,削减了750多页与安全、环境保护和事故报告有关的规则。 The Trump administration has secretly revised nuclear safety regulations to accelerate development of small modular reactors, cutting over 750 pages of rules related to safety, environmental protection, and accident reporting. 变化包括削弱地下水保护,降低辐射照射阈值,以及取消关键的监督作用,所有这些都是在没有公众通知或正式协商的情况下进行的。 Changes include weakening groundwater protections, reducing radiation exposure thresholds, and eliminating key oversight roles, all without public notice or formal consultation. 这些修订是根据2025年5月的一项行政命令作出的,目的是在2026年7月4日之前批准三个实验反应堆,这些修订只与工业伙伴共享,尚未公布。 The revisions, made under a May 2025 executive order aiming to approve three experimental reactors by July 4, 2026, were shared only with industry partners and are not yet publicly released. 尽管能源部声称安全在推动创新的同时得到维护, 但专家和监督人员仍警告这些变化破坏了几十年的安全标准和公众信任。 Experts and watchdogs warn the changes undermine decades of safety standards and public trust, despite the Department of Energy’s claim that safety is maintained while boosting innovation.