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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.
Deanne Dickinson, C. L. Schuske
Nuclear Technology | Volume 10 | Number 2 | February 1971 | Pages 179-187
Technical Paper and Note | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A30925
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An empirical model is presented for calculating safe nuclear criticality parameters for systems of intersecting pipes containing enriched uranyl nitrate solution. The model, which applies to systems consisting of a main pipe (the central column) from which smaller pipes (arms) branch off, uses as a criticality parameter the area of intersection of the arms with the column. Maximum safe values for both the central column diameter and the area of intersection of the arms with the column are provided for conditions of minimal, nominal, or full reflection. The current model, an extension of an earlier one, is based on Monte Carlo calculations as well as on experimental data. A review of the experimental and calculational data is included.