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Launching into tomorrow: NRIC guides new era of research and deployment
In June 2025, the Department of Energy announced the Reactor Pilot Program, an authorization pathway that allowed reactor developers to partner with the DOE to get first-of-a-kind (FOAK) reactors built and tested. Soon after, the DOE rolled out a complementary Fuel Line Pilot Program, which aimed to fast-track fuel projects. In all, 20 projects were accepted into the new programs.
H. G. Bogensberger, C. Ronchi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 29 | Number 1 | April 1976 | Pages 73-85
Technical Paper | Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT76-A16291
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A behavior model for fission gas in irradiated liquid-metal fast breeder reactor fuels is applied in a computer code. The subroutine LANGZEIT calculates the “long-time” kinetics processes during steady-state operation. The results are used as initial conditions for the subroutine KURZZEIT, which permits the description of the bubble growth during rapid overpower transients. This model has been applied to the SNR-300-Mark I core. The calculations indicate a prompt precipitation of fission gas during the reactivity excursions, which results in a dampening effect on the reactivity ramps.