DOE Supports Multiple Technologies, but Actions Needed to Ensure a Prototype Is Built.

NUCLEAR reactors; RESEARCH & development; UNITED States. Government Accountability Office; UNITED States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy; PROTOTYPES

The article offers information on the review of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the advanced reactor research and development (R&D) efforts of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE). Topics discussed include the support to advanced reactor technology, the lack of strategy for deployment of advanced reactor prototype, and recommendations for action.