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DOE Reactor Pilot Program

DOE Reactor Pilot Program

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Antares reactor reaches criticality under federal pilot program

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Saw its first reactor reach criticality

On June 4, 2026, a small reactor at an Idaho desert lab started a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. It was the first privately built non-light-water reactor to reach criticality in the United States in more than 40 years.

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