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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 87 | Number 1 | August 1989 | Pages 302-309
Technical Paper | TMI-2: Materials Behavior / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27658
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Work has been performed to develop a Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) simulation model for MELPROG/TRAC capable of predicting the observed plant behavior that occurred during the accident of March 1979. A description of the TMI-2 plant model is presented, and calculation results through 174 min of the accident are discussed. Using the boundary conditions recommended for the TMI-2 Analysis Exercise, the calculation predicts pressurizer draining and core recovering prior to fuel rod damage. A parametric calculation (with reduced makeup flow) was also performed and is in better agreement with the observed plant behavior. Efforts are under way to proceed with an accurate simulation through phases 3 and 4 of the accident (174 to 227 min and 227 to 300 min, respectively).