ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
Latest Magazine Issues
Jul 2026
Jan 2026
2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
August 2026
Nuclear Technology
July 2026
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
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.
N. J. Curlee, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 6 | Number 1 | July 1959 | Pages 1-10
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A25619
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
An approximation scheme for calculating the detailed kinetic response of a reactor during a transient in which the time and space behaviors of the neutron flux are not separable has been applied to two reactor models more realistic than the one used previously to test the validity of the method. Results of applying the approximation method to a one-dimensional two-group reactor model and a two-dimensional two-group model are presented.