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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.
J. E. Gindler, L. E. Glendenin, J. W. Meadows, Jr., K. F. Flynn
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 70 | Number 1 | April 1979 | Pages 101-106
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A18933
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Fission yields determined for fission of 238U with monoenergetic neutrons have been used to calculate the fission yields expected in 238U when exposed to a Watt neutron spectrum for 235U and in the center of the Experimental Breeder Reactor II core. The calculated results are compared with the experimental results for several reactors and with the fast fission yields recommended by two compilers.