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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.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 2 | Number 3 | June 1966 | Pages 213-220
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT66-A27589
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After nearly two years of nuclear operation, personnel entered the pressure vessel of the Heavy Water Components Test Reactor (HWCTR) to repair and modify a gas baffle near the core while irradiated fuel remained in the reactor. The work, which involved removing virtually all the reactor internal components down to the reactor core, was completed in about three weeks. Appropriate shielding and special clothing kept radiation exposure of personnel within allowable Savannah River Plant guides.