WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a total of $5 million to Radiant Industries, Inc. and Westinghouse to progress their microreactor designs for testing in the new Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed at Idaho National Laboratory.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is hosting a Capacity Building for Energy Assets Informational Webinar. There will be many discussions to explore capacity building through new alternatives such as (but not limited to) data centers, nuclear power, and critical mineral processing to maintain jobs and the tax base while decarbonizing the economy, while also highlighting the workforce development challenges and needs. The workshop will also spotlight funding opportunities through various government agencies for these purposes.
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The casting, processing, and shipping of HALEU alloys, like those being developed by Lightbridge, require the ability to experiment with higher temperatures in a facility that can perform these functions. The goal of this project was to identify an appropriate casting method (i.e., crucible and coating combination) that results in an acceptable impurity concentration in the as-cast ingot.
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The 10th annual Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) Workshop is a leading forum to discuss molten salt technology advances. MSRs are a promising class of advanced nuclear reactors rapidly progressing toward demonstrations. The MSR workshop, held Nov. 5-7th 2024 in Knoxville, TN, provides a forum for sharing information and status on MSR research and development programs, technology advancements, international collaborations, and the progress of demonstration efforts.
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September 16, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO), in collaboration with the Office of Technology Transitions, today announced $3 million for a new initiative to help grow the readiness of the workforce needed to decarbonize the U.S. industrial sector. The Industrial Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, and Decarbonization (ISEED) Collaborative will provide assistance to partners across the manufacturing sector to develop and disseminate instructional curricula and training programs focused on industrial sustainability, energy efficiency, and decarbonization.
Proposals for the FY-2025 1st Round GAIN Nuclear Energy (NE) Vouchers are due by 5:00pm EST on Thursday, October 31, 2024.
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Kairos Power is a nuclear energy technology, engineering, and manufacturing company singularly focused on the commercialization of the fluoride salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR). To simulate the core thermal hydraulic behavior, researchers employ simplified empirical correlation-based porous media and heat transfer models. For different operation and accident scenario conditions, Large Eddy Simulations (LES) can produce numerical benchmark data that capture local velocity and temperature effects. This can be used to further understand the different modes of heat transfer in an FHR core. Under this GAIN voucher, Argonne National Laboratory provided Kairos Power its expertise in LES and turbulence modeling and made available its advanced computational resources.
October 17, 2024 – Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Base Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) Lab Call. This lab call represents collaboration among 14 DOE program offices and OTT, demonstrating DOE’s dedication to deploy lasting energy solutions from our renown National Lab, plant, and sites. Funded by the Base Annual Appropriations Technology Commercialization Fund, this initiative is designed to boost America’s energy competitiveness by facilitating the transition of critical technologies for use in the private sector.
October 16, 2024 – As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today opened applications for up to $900 million in funding to support the initial domestic deployment of Generation III+ (Gen III+) small modular reactor (SMR) technologies.
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September 25, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy awarded 19 Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) projects Sept. 23. The 2024 third call RTE awards, totaling approximately $1 million, were granted to 19 principal investigators from different institutions including universities and industry. Each project supports the advancement of nuclear energy.
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