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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.
David J. Loaiza, Glenn Brunson, Rene Sanchez, Ken Butterfield
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 128 | Number 3 | March 1998 | Pages 270-277
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE98-A1955
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The delayed neutron activity resulting from the fast induced fission of 235U and 237Np has been studied. The six-group decay constants, relative abundances, and absolute yield of delayed neutrons from fast fission of 235U and 237Np were measured using the Godiva IV fast assembly at the Los Alamos Critical Experiments Facility. The absolute yield measured for 235U was 0.0163 ± 0.0008 neutron/fission. This value compares very well with the well-established Keepin absolute yield of 0.0165 ± 0.0005. The absolute yield value measured for 237Np was 0.0126 ± 0.0007. The measured delayed neutron parameters for 235U are corroborated with period (e-folding time) versus reactivity calculations.