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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.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 183 | Number 2 | August 2013 | Pages 248-259
Technical Paper | Materials for Nuclear Systems | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-125
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A corrosion test was performed on 316L stainless steel alloy (316L) and Hastelloy-N superalloy (Hastelloy-N) at 850°C for 1000 h in static molten fluoride salt, 46.5LiF-11.5NaF-42KF (mol %) with Zr additions. The interactions between the graphite sample and the tested alloys in the molten salt were also analyzed. The results show that Zr addition to the salt caused the deposition of a pure Zr coating on 316L and Hastelloy-N. The formation of this coating was followed by interdiffusion between the Zr deposit and the substrates. A thicker Zr deposit was observed on Hastelloy-N samples compared to 316L due to the larger electromotive potential difference between Ni/Zr than that between Fe/Zr. The interdiffusion subsequent to Zr deposition led to the formation of a coating composed of a Ni/Zr intermetallic phase even on the iron-based 316L. This intermetallic coating on the two alloys acted as a barrier layer for Fe and Cr outward diffusion. Zr3NiO and ZrO2 phases were also observed on the coating surfaces and in the coatings, respectively. The graphite sample, on the other hand, had no direct and significant effect on the corrosion behavior of the alloys and the coating formation on the alloys.