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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.
Eugene L. Wachspress
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 8 | Number 2 | August 1960 | Pages 164-170
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE60-A25792
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An efficient method for solving group diffusion equations is described. Application of the Perron Frobenius theory of non-negative matrices allows a direct determination of reactor criticality without calculation of neutron fluxes. Higher flux modes may also be found. Simultaneous calculation of all flux groups simplifies formulation with inelastic- and up-scattering, and also provides a convenient tool for some kinetics studies.