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The deadline arrives: Checking in on the Reactor Pilot Program
On May 23, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14301, “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the DOE,” which instructed the Department of Energy to create a Reactor Pilot Program (RPP)—a new system in which companies could pursue DOE authorization to build and test their first-of-a-kind nuclear technologies. EO 14301 set an ambitious goal for that program: three reactors achieving criticality by July 4, 2026.
A. Cimmino (ELI Beamlines), A. Schüller (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), S. Heinrich (Institut Curie), C. Fouillade (Institut Curie), A. Subiel (National Physical Laboratory), L. De Marzi (Institut Curie), F. Romano (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), P. Peier (Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie), M. Trachsel (Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie), C. Fleta (Centro Nacional de Microelectronica), R. Kranzer (Physikalisch-Technische Werkstaetten-Freiburg), M. Caresana (Politecnico di Milano), S. Salvador (Normandie Univ.), S. Busold (Varian Medical Systems), A. Schönfeld (Sun Nuclear Corp.), M. McEwen (National Research Council of Canada), F. Gomez (Univ. Santiago de Compostela), J. Šolc (Czech Metrology Institute), C. Bailat (Centre Hospitalier Univ. Vaudois), J. Jakubek (ADVACAM), J. Pawelke (Technische Univ. Dresden), M. Borghesi (Queen's Univ. Belfast), R-P. Kapsch (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), A. Knyziak (Central Office of Measures), V. Olšovcová (ELI Beamlines), C. Kottler (Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie), D. Poppinga (Physikalisch-Technische Werkstaetten-Freiburg), I. Ambrožová (Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS), C-S. Schmitzer (EBG MedAustron), S. Rossomme (IBA Dosimetry), M-C. Vozenin (Centre Hospitalier Univ. Vaudois)
Proceedings | ICRS 14/RPSD 2022 | Seattle, WA, September 25-29, 2022 | Pages 238-241