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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.
W. H. Zinn, H. Lichtenberger, M. Novick, G. K. Whitham, C. J. B. Zitek, J. G. Feldes, V. C. Hall, Jr., R. O. Haroldsen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 1 | Number 5 | October 1956 | Pages 420-437
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE56-A28779
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The Borax-III power system operated for about 1170 hours at 300 psig. The steam generated in the reactor was fed directly to a turbine. Tests were conducted on maintaining the pH and quality of the reactor water. Checks were made on the carryover of activity into portions of the system external to the reactor vessel. Neither of these points appear to be major problems in a direct cycle boiling system. Water decomposition was measured under various water conditions.