The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it will initially work with 11 advanced reactor projects to move their technologies towards deployment. Through this effort, which is part of the agency’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot

The U.S. Department of Energy said on Tuesday it has made an initial selection of 11 projects for a pilot program seeking to develop high-tech test nuclear reactors and get at least three of them to begin operating in less than a year.

The agency plans to fast-track these projects through the development process. Nuclear energy experts worry about the feasibility and safety of the plan.