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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. Wolkoff, A. A. Chilenskas
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 9 | Number 1 | January 1961 | Pages 71-77
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25868
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Materials capable of trapping alkali metal vapors at temperatures up to 800°C were tested and a number of surface-active mterials proved efficient. A sufficient quantity of Molecular Sieves, activated alumina or activated carbon can be contained in a crucible cover to trap and hold the evolved alkali metal vapors from an EBR-II melt refining furnace charge of 10 kg. The cover design is under development.