On May 23, 2025, President Trump, via Executive Order 14301, took multiple actions to jumpstart the nation’s long-dormant nuclear energy industry. Besides “expeditiously” processing applications for qualified test reactors and revising agency policies to further expedite review, approval, and deployment of advanced reactors under Energy Department supervision.
The goal was to enable operational test microreactors within two years following a completed application. Toward that end, the DOE created a pilot program with a goal of construction and operation of at least three reactors outside the National Laboratories (but under a DOE contract) to achieve “criticality” by July 4, 2026 – the nation’s 250th birthday.
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