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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.
May 19, 2021|12:00–1:00PM (1:00–2:00PM EDT)
Available to All Users
Help us celebrate the launch of our newest virtual field trip and learn how ANS has helped reach more than 1.5 million K-12 students through Navigating Nuclear: Energizing Our World. This special event includes a viewing of our latest virtual field trip, Nuclear Frontiers: Powering Possibility. Launched May 6, 2021, the video explores the amazing ways that nuclear science is fueling earthly innovation and deep space exploration.
Following the viewing, ANS President Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar was joined by several special guests, including some of the key participants in Nuclear Frontiers, for a brief Q&A.
Panelists
• Melinda Higgins, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy
• Franklin Chang-Diaz, NASA Hall of Fame astronaut; CEO, Ad Astra Rocket Company
• Candace Davison, Assistant Director for Education and Outreach, Radiation Science and Engineering Center, Penn State University
• David Poston, Chief Reactor Designer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Moderator
• Dr. Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, ANS President 2020-2021
