Two days after naming its first four participants, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) has issued a request for applications (RFA) for its Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, a programme designed to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced nuclear technologies.
The move formally opens the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad programme to a broader pool of advanced nuclear developers and sets an 8 July 2026, deadline for initial submissions.
In a separate announcement, the NRIC opened a standalone solicitation, also with an 8 July deadline, for private developers to access its Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (Dome) test bed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
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