reactor

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The reactor is part of a public-private partnership with the Energy Department’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, a 50-50 cost share that has authorized up to $2 billion in federal funding for the project.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Reactor number six was given the green light to restart despite safety concerns from local residents.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Separately, Oklo was selected late last year for the Energy Department’s Reactor Pilot Program, which aims to have at least three test reactors up and running at national laboratories by July 2026.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Magnetic confinement devices—whether the doughnut-shaped tokamaks used in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project or the linear configuration pursued by TAE—rely on intricate magnetic fields to hold the plasma together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

He asked workers to go back out onto the grounds and clear away the highly radioactive rubble that surrounded Reactor 2.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland