Policy and licensing / United States (federal)
Executive Order 14301: reactor testing at the Department of Energy
Directive to DOE, signed 23 May 2025, that led to the DOE Reactor Pilot Program.
- Category
- Laws, rules and executive directives
- Status
- In effect
- Instrument
- executive order · Executive Order 14301, 90 FR 22591 (signed 23 May 2025)
- Issued by
- President of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal)
- Affects
- DOE test-reactor authorization
- In effect from
- 2025-05-23
- Expiry or completion
- None recorded
- Operative text
- Federal Register 90 FR 22591 (29 May 2025): Executive Order 14301, Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy (Federal Register)
- Last checked · next review
- 2026-10-03 · 2027-01-15
Legal and geographic scope
Directs DOE to run a pilot programme for reactor construction and operation outside the national laboratories under DOE authorization, approving at least three reactors with a goal of criticality in each by 4 July 2026.
Not approved or still pending
DOE authorization of a test reactor is not an NRC licence for commercial operation.
Dated lifecycle
- 2025-05-23 · Signed (Federal Register 90 FR 22591 (29 May 2025): Executive Order 14301, Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy)
- 2025-05-29 · Published (Federal Register 90 FR 22591 (29 May 2025): Executive Order 14301, Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy)
Related instruments
- DOE Reactor Pilot Program (implemented by)
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
- Federal Register 90 FR 22591 (29 May 2025): Executive Order 14301, Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-03)