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(NEXSTAR) – The increasing need for data centers amid the AI boom means the U.S. is looking for additional sources of energy, and the Trump administration thinks nuclear is part of the solution.

These data centers, along with electric cars and an increase in U.S. manufacturing, will sharply raise demand for energy, according to Berkeley Lab reports.

But is nuclear a viable option?

“This is an industry that boomed from the mid-‘50s to the late ‘70s,” said U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who also delivered the keynote address at this year’s American Nuclear Society conference in D.C.

Nuclear energy infrastructure, however,

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