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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.
M. A. Feraday, G. H. Chalder, K. D. Cotnam
Nuclear Technology | Volume 4 | Number 3 | March 1968 | Pages 148-153
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A26378
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Zircaloy-clad specimens of U3Si have been irradiated in pressurized water at rod powers of 480 to 565 W per centimeter of length to burnups of ≈ 5500 MWd/tU. The rate of swelling of the U3Si, which is rapid during the early part of the irradiation, appears to decrease with increasing burnup. The increase in external diameter was much less for these fuel elements than for earlier ones. The improvement is attributed to the provision of a central void which became filled by the U3Si during irradiation.