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Launching into tomorrow: NRIC guides new era of research and deployment
In June 2025, the Department of Energy announced the Reactor Pilot Program, an authorization pathway that allowed reactor developers to partner with the DOE to get first-of-a-kind (FOAK) reactors built and tested. Soon after, the DOE rolled out a complementary Fuel Line Pilot Program, which aimed to fast-track fuel projects. In all, 20 projects were accepted into the new programs.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Jenifer currently serves as a Program Director at the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) managing research portfolios relevant to advanced nuclear energy. She currently manages projects within the GEMINA, CURIE, OPEN, and SEED portfolios. She has published approximately 80 technical manuscripts in the area of nuclear science and engineering.
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