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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.
G. LaVergne, J. E. Robinson, J. G. Martel
Nuclear Technology | Volume 26 | Number 1 | May 1975 | Pages 12-22
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24400
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The matching of D-T fusion breeders to heavy-water CANDU-type reactors has been studied using the transport code ANISN to evaluate the neutron transport and breeding characteristics of a low-power-gain fusion blanket. The fusion blanket consists of a niobium structure, natural lithium coolant, and a graphite reflector with 2- to 6-cm-thick zones of Th, ThO2, or ThC situated between the first wall and the reflector. Total breeding ratios of 1.40 to 1.50 have been calculated. Using the calculated breeding ratios, a system period of less than 10 years is determined for proposed solid thorium fuels. The reaction rate ratio of fusion to fission is less than unity.