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Conference Spotlight
Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Powering the future: How the DOE is fueling nuclear fuel cycle research and development
As global interest in nuclear energy surges, the United States must remain at the forefront of research and development to ensure national energy security, advance nuclear technologies, and promote international cooperation on safety and nonproliferation. A crucial step in achieving this is analyzing how funding and resources are allocated to better understand how to direct future research and development. The Department of Energy has spearheaded this effort by funding hundreds of research projects across the country through the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP). This initiative has empowered dozens of universities to collaborate toward a nuclear-friendly future.
2024
Armour Research Foundation Reactor
2021
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), Aircraft Carrier
2020
Fuel Cycle Facility, Idaho National LaboratoryTokamak Fusion Test Reactor, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
2018
Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) Facility
2017
Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (PNNL)Radiochemical Engineering Development Center (ORNL)
2016
University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR)Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) Complex
2015
UIUC TRIGA Mark II Nuclear Reactor (Advanced Teaching Research Isotope General Atomic)
2014
High Flux Isotope Reactor
2013
AtalanteNIST Center for Neutron Research
2010
ZED-2 Heavy Water Critical Facility
2009
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
2008
AREVA ChalonSt. Marcel PlantNuclear Fuel Services, Inc.
2007
Japan Research Reactor No. 3 (JRR-3)
2006
Experimental Fast Reactor JOYO Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator (ORELA) Reactor F-1
2005
Belgian Reactor 1 (BR-1) Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF)
2004
USS NautilusCogema La Hague Plant
2003
Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation Facility Chemical Engineering Building 205 Advanced Thermal Reactor (Fugen Nuclear Power Station)
2002
Building 9204-3 (Beta 3) Nuclear Power Demonstration Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
2001
Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (Argonne National Laboratory)
2000
Michigan Memorial Phoenix ProjectUniversity of Florida Training Reactor (UFTR)
1997
Gaerttner LINAC Laboratory Babcock & Wilcox Critical Experiment Lab Isomedix Inc. Morton Grove Irradiator Phénix
1995
Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBRII) Nuclear Training Center (Lynchburg, Virginia)
1994
Molten Salt Reactor Tower Shielding Facility Zoé reactor (EL-1)
1993
Pajarito Canyon Site San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station 1 Waste Calcining Facility
1992
B Reactor Indian Point 1 Nuclear Generating Station Radiochemical Development Facility- Building 3019 (ORNL )
1991
Big Rock Point Nuclear Plant Belgian Reactor 3 (BR3) Dresden Nuclear Station Unit 1 Room 307, Gilman Hall (University of California, Berkeley)NS Savannah at Patriots Point ORNL's Graphite Reactor Penn State Breazeale Reactor
1990
K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Process Building Los Alamos Water Boiler Reactor
1989
Westinghouse Nuclear Training Reactor PIVER
1987
Chicago Pile - 5 Experimental Boiling Water Reactor High Flux Beam Reactor Northwest Electro-development Laboratory
1986
Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor Materials Testing Reactor NRX (National Research Experimental) Reactor Peach Bottom High Temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR)SPERT I-IVEnrico Fermi Unit 1 Atomic Power Plant NRU Reactor Solomon A. Berson Laboratory Raleigh Research Reactor SEFOR S1W Prototype Shippingport Atomic Power Station West Milton Sphere
1985
Ames Laboratory Uranium Purification Chicago Pile 1 Experimental Breeder Reactor-I Isotopes Development Laboratory Lady Godiva Sodium Reactor Experiment TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics) MARK I Vallecitos Nuclear Center Yankee Nuclear Power Station
