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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.
W. K. Anderson, D. N. Dunning
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 4 | Number 3 | September 1958 | Pages 458-466
Symposium on Reactor Control Materials | doi.org/10.13182/NSE58-A25542
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Europium oxide and gadolinium oxide-stainless steel cermets in ranges of 5 to 30 wt % rare earth oxide have been irradiated in the MTR. Free beam bend samples of 5, 20, 25, and 30 wt % Eu2O3-stainless steel cermets and 14 wt % Gd2O3-stainless steel cermets were irradiated in the MTR for times ranging from 2 to 5 cycles. Little damage was noted in the irradiated Gd2O3-stain-less steel cermets after irradiation. Damage to the irradiated Eu2O3-stainless steel cermets appeared to be a function of radiation time and concentrations. Metallographic samples of unirradiated and irradiated samples representing each test are included.
