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Launching into tomorrow: NRIC guides new era of research and deployment

June 1, 2026, 7:18AMNuclear NewsLucas Geiger
A sign along U.S. Route 20 on Idaho National Laboratory land marking the boundary of NRIC’s new Nuclear Energy Launch Pad INL. (Photo: NRIC)

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.

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