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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.
Sean Gonderman (General Atomics), David Frazer (General Atomics), Lucas Borowski (General Atomics), Rolf Haefelfinger (General Atomics), Mohammad Alavi (General Atomics), Aaron Sathrum (General Atomics), Ryan Hon (General Atomics), Sarah Oswald (General Atomics), Andrew Giles (General Atomics), William Campbell (General Atomics), Jackie Unangst (General Atomics), Will McMahon (General Atomics), Derek Kuebler (General Atomics), Christy Jones (General Atomics), Josh Quan (General Atomics), Alden Moore (General Atomics), George Jacobsen (General Atomics), Christian Deck (General Atomics), David Kamerman (INL), Jake Stockwell (INL), Peng Xu (INL), Jack Gazza (General Atomics)
Proceedings | TopFuel 2025: Nuclear Reactor Fuel Performance Conference | Nashville, TN, October 5-9, 2025 | Pages 500-512