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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 5 | Number 3 | September 1968 | Pages 123-129
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A28041
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Detailed postirradiation examinations were performed on six fuel assemblies from Piqua Core I. The assemblies were examined for mechanical integrity, organic coolant deposition (primarily in the heat-transfer regions), and fuel burnup capability. Fuel cylinder dimensional measurements indicated the assemblies could reach their design average burnup of 3000 MWD/MTU.