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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. Evans, R. G. Fluharty
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1960 | Pages 66-82
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE8-1-66
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A study has been made of available experimental data for the cross section and fission parameters for U233. These data have been used to arrive at recommended values of the parameters for 2200 m/sec neutrons as follows: σnT = 586 ± 2 b; σn,n = 13 ± 3 b; σnX = 573 ± 4 b; 1 + α = 1.0935 ± 0.0038; σn,f = 524 ± 4 b; σn,γ = 49 ± 2 b; η = 2.291 ± 0.009; 2.50 ± 0.012. The methods used in deriving the recommended values are presented in detail and brief summaries of the measurements are included. Energy dependent absorption and fission data from 0.02 to 1 ev that have recently become available are presented.