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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.
L. R. Greenwood, R. R. Heinrich, M. J. Saltmarsh, C. B. Fulmer
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 72 | Number 2 | November 1979 | Pages 175-190
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A19462
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Neutron activation measurements are reported for 44 reactions from 14 materials irradiated in a well-characterized neutron field produced by 40-MeV deuterons impinging on 9Be at the Oak Ridge Isochronous Cyclotron. Foil packets were located at 0 and 15 deg to the beam at 7.62 cm from the source, and additional foil materials were located directly on the deuteron beam stop 6.25 mm from the source. Integral tests were made for 30 reactions using previously measured time-of-flight (TOF) spectra and neutron cross sections, primarily from ENDF/B-IV, extrapolated to 44 MeV. The integral results are excellent, with an overall standard deviation of ±11% for 25 recommended reactions (±14% for 30 reactions), and neutron spectra unfolded with the SAND II code show excellent agreement with TOF measurements.