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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.
Luis Herranz, Fabrizio Gabrielli, Livia Tiborcz, Fulvio Mascari, Pavlin Groudev, Gabriel Pavel, Sandro Paci
Nuclear Technology | Volume 211 | Number 12 | December 2025 | Pages 2903-2910
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2025.2511536
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The HORIZON-2020 project on Management and Uncertainties of Severe Accidents (MUSA) meant a sound step forward in the application of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis (UaSA) in severe accident (SA) analysis. While a massive application was conducted for reactor and spent fuel pool scenarios, major challenges were found that might hinder an effective and systematic implementation of UaSA in the SA domain. This paper synthesizes the major accomplishments achieved by MUSA and identifies the challenges that were found, and through discussion, the path forward to move ahead is outlined.