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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. Weisman, T. Ake, R. Knott
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 61 | Number 3 | November 1976 | Pages 297-309
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE76-A26916
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The ability of one-dimensional momentum balances to predict behavior during two-phase oscillatory flow has been examined. Flow oscillations in a Freon-Freon vapor system were induced by cycling a three-way valve so as to divert a varying portion of the total flow from the test section. The data taken included the phase shift between the pressure and flow curves and the head fluctuation to flow fluctuation ratio. These data were compared with theoretical predictions obtained via the impedance method. Although some discrepancies between predictions and measurements were observed, the discrepancies were generally within the range of error associated with the measurement and analysis techniques used.