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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.
D. B. Trauger, J. A. Conlin, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 9 | Number 3 | March 1961 | Pages 346-356
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25886
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A compact forced-circulation test loop for obtaining corrosion data applicable to molten-salt-fueled reactors has been operated in the MTR (HB-3) beam hole. Several tests were conducted with two fused-salt mixtures, NaF-ZrF4-UF4 and Li7F-BeF2-UF4, in loops constructed, respectively, of Inconel and INOR-8 (nominal composition: 70% Ni, 16% Mo, 7% Cr, 5% Fe, 2% other alloying elements). The maximum loop temperature ranged from 1300 to 1600°F. Engineering aspects of loop design and operation are described.
