Policy and licensing / United States (federal)
DOE Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (demonstration awards)
DOE programme that made its first demonstration awards on 13 October 2020; continued funding depends on appropriations and DOE approval.
- Category
- Funding and support programmes
- Status
- In effect
- Instrument
- funding programme · DOE Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program
- Issued by
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal)
- Affects
- Project funding
- In effect from
- —
- Expiry or completion
- None recorded
- Operative text
- DOE Advanced Reactor Demonstration Projects page (DOE programme page)
- Last checked · next review
- 2026-10-03 · 2027-01-15
Legal and geographic scope
Federal cost-shared funding to build two advanced reactor demonstrations to be licensed for commercial operation.
Not approved or still pending
Funding beyond the initial awards depends on future appropriations.
Dated lifecycle
- 2020-10-13 · Awarded — First awards: TerraPower and X-energy. (DOE: first awards under the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (13 Oct 2020))
Projects or designs named by the source
- None. Location in this jurisdiction does not make a project eligible for, or approved under, this measure.
Sources
- DOE: first awards under the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (13 Oct 2020) (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-03)
- DOE Advanced Reactor Demonstration Projects page (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-03)