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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.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by OPD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Piyush Sabharwall
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
This session will primarily focus on the research and development activities, in the area of gas cooled, molten salt cooled, lead cooled, sodium cooled, and rabbit development, at leading national laboratories and industries. Presentations and speakers will be: 1) Na Cartridge Loop Development (Mitch Farmer and Tim Stack); 2) GFR Cartridge Loop Development (Piyush Sabharwall and Chris Ellis); 3) Lead Cartridge Loop Development (Cetin Unal and Paolo Ferroni); 4) MS Cartridge Loop Development: (Joel McDuffee and Daniel Eichel); 5) Rabbit System Development: David Wootan
Mitch Farmer
ANL
Tim Stack
Framatome
INL
Chris Ellis
GA
Cetin Unal
LANL
Paolo Ferroni
*Westinghouse Electric Co.
Joel McDuffee
ORNL
Daniel Eichel
Terrapower
David Wootan
PNNL
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