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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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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.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by NISD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Matthew Bucknor (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
David S. Grabaskas
Staff Producer:
John Fabian (American Nuclear Society)
Panel to discuss the current VTR safety strategy and how it is being implemented among various analysis/design groups including the VTR Safety Analysis, Safety Basis, PRA, and Experiment teams. Presentations from panelists will be followed by an open Q&A session with the audience.
Thomas Fanning
Argonne National Laboratory
Jason Andrus
Idaho National Laboratory
Kevan Weaver
David Grabaskas
ANL
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