DOE Announces Solicitations for $30.5 Billion in Loan Guarantees
Second Round of Solicitations includes renewable energy, nuclear, and ‘front-end’ nuclear power facility projects
June 30, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced three solicitations for a total of up to $30.5 billion in federal loan guarantees for projects that employ advanced energy technologies that avoid, reduce or sequester air pollutants or greenhouse gas emissions. > more
DOE Awards Up To $405,000 to Nine Graduate Fellows Studying the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
June 25, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced it will award up to $405,000 in fellowships to nine graduate students at U.S. universities as part of the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI). > more
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Members Convene in Jordan for Second Steering Group Meeting
May 15, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced continued progress at the conclusion of the Global Nuclear Energy
Partnership's (GNEP's) second Steering Group meeting. > more
U.S. Department of Energy to Invest up to $7.3
Million for “Deep-Burn” Gas-Reactor Technology R&D
April 28, 2008
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) valued at $7.3 million for universities, commercial entities, National Laboratories with expertise in the concept of nuclear fuel “Deep-Burn” in which plutonium and higher transuranics recycled from spent nuclear fuel are destroyed. > more
U.S. Department of Energy and Tennessee Valley Authority Increase Cooperation on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Data
April 18, 2008
WASHINGTON , DC – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) this week agreed to collaborate on developing and exchanging information on advanced fuel cycle technologies through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Dennis Spurgeon and TVA Chief Operating Officer William McCollum. > more
Department of Energy Seeks to Invest up to $15 Million in Funding for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology Research and Development
April 17, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC –The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) inviting universities, national laboratories, and industry to compete for up to $15 million to advance nuclear technologies closing the nuclear fuel cycle. > more