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Epoch Times
a day ago
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- Epoch Times
DOE Announces 11 Selections for New Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has identified 11 projects that will receive federal support in advancing 'first mover' nuclear energy technologies under the Energy Reactor Pilot Program authorized by President Donald Trump in May. 'President Trump's Reactor Pilot Program is a call to action,' DOE Deputy Secretary James Danly said in an Aug. 12 announcement. 'These companies aim to all safely achieve 'criticality' by Independence Day [July 4, 2026], and DOE will do everything we can to support their efforts.'
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First Post
2 days ago
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Trump's big boost to nuclear power, US launches pilot project to deploy 11 microreactors
In line with the agenda to expand nuclear power, the Trump administration has finalised 11 companies to build microreactors as part of a pilot programme. In line with US President Donald Trump's agenda of expanding nuclear power, the Department of Energy on Tuesday announced the finalisation of 11 projects for a pilot programme that would develop microreactors and small modular reactors. Trump signed four executive orders in May to accelerate the construction of these types of advanced nuclear reactors, primarily to address the increased power requirement of industries like data centres driving the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'Advanced reactors —including microreactors, small modular reactors, and Generation IV and Generation III+ reactors— have revolutionary potential. They will open a range of new applications to support data centers, microchip manufacturing, petrochemical production, healthcare, desalination, hydrogen production, and other industries,' the executive order read. The DoE on Tuesday said that at least three of the eleven nuclear reactors part of the pilot programme will need to go critical July 2026 — a nuclear reactor going critical, in a layman's terms, means achieving demonstrable operationability. 'President Trump's Reactor Pilot Program is a call to action. These companies aim to all safely achieve criticality by Independence Day, and DOE will do everything we can to support their efforts,' said Deputy Energy Secretary James Danly. The 11 companies selected by the DoE are Aalo Atomics, Antares Nuclear, Atomic Alchemy, Deep Fission Inc, Last Energy, Oklo, Natura Resources LLC, Radiant Energy, Terrestrial Energy, and Valar Atomics. The DoE said that they will be responsible for all costs involved in the designing, manufacturing, constructing, and decommissioning their test reactors. Unlike regular nuclear power plants that take up a huge space and produce huge power, small modular reactors (SMRs) are advanced nuclear fission reactors that generally produce a third of a regular reactor's power. They are made in factories like a regular product and can be installed at the site where power is needed, such as in an industrial facility or a defence installation, making that facility or installation self-sufficient in energy. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Currently, such reactors are in use in limited numbers in China and Russia. The United States now wants to install such reactors as well.
