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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
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The deadline arrives: Checking in on the Reactor Pilot Program
On May 23, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14301, “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the DOE,” which instructed the Department of Energy to create a Reactor Pilot Program (RPP)—a new system in which companies could pursue DOE authorization to build and test their first-of-a-kind nuclear technologies. EO 14301 set an ambitious goal for that program: three reactors achieving criticality by July 4, 2026.
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ExxonMobil
Greg Schulze is a Project Design Advisor for ExxonMobil Global Projects Company and is serving as the inaugural Chair of the Industrial Advanced Nuclear Consortium. The Industrial Advanced Nuclear Consortium is an end user driven community that aims to promote an integrated nuclear and industrial facility using principles of open architecture, modularization, and standardization to provide heat and/or power to the industrial user in a cost competitive and predictable manner. Founding companies are Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Freeport-McMoRan, Nucor, Rio Tinto, and Shell.
In Greg’s current role at ExxonMobil, he is leading efforts to understand the role nuclear could play to provide the heat and power needed in ExxonMobil’s operations. Previously he managed a 70-person operations department, and was responsible for new business development for Texas and Louisiana based natural gas liquids, liquified petroleum gas, and chemical pipelines for Exxon Mobil Pipeline Company.
Prior to joining ExxonMobil, Greg was a Submarine Officer in the U.S. Navy where he served aboard the USS HAMPTON (SSN 767) and was an Assistant Professor of Naval Science at Auburn University. He has since retired from the Navy Reserves with over 21 years of service. Greg has a bachelor degree in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M, and a master of mechanical engineering from Auburn University.