US Department of Energy backs five advanced nuclear reactor concepts
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The goal of the latest DOE grants is to promote the development of safer, more efficient reactors for deployment in 10 to 14 years 1/2
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US Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy 2/2
The goal of the latest DOE grants is to promote the development of safer, more efficient reactors for deployment in 10 to 14 years
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is backing five projects to develop advanced nuclear reactor designs to be built in the United States by private industry. Under the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP), the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy s US$30 million initial funding is expected to grow to US$600 million over seven years with industry providing an additional 20 percent.
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced USD20 million in awards for the third of three programmes under its new Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy has selected three teams to receive FY2020 funding for the ARDP’s Advanced Reactor Concepts-20 (ARC-20) programme.
DOE expects to invest about USD600 million over the next seven years in ARDP, which aims to help domestic private industry demonstrate advanced nuclear reactors in the USA.
The department issued an ARDP funding opportunity announcement in May this year, which included the ARC-20 awards, the Advanced Reactor Demonstration awards, and the Risk Reduction for Future Demonstration awards. For the ARC-20 projects, DOE expects to invest a total of about USD56 million over four years with its industry partners providing at least 20% in matching funds. The goal of the ARC-20 programme is to assist the progression of advanced reactor designs in their earliest pha
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DOE Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program awards $30M in initial funding for risk reduction projects
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $30 million in initial funding to five teams for projects under one of three programs Risk Reduction for Future Demonstration in the new Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). The awards are cost-shared partnerships with industry, and companies were chosen through a funding opportunity announcement issued in May 2020.
ARDP is designed to help domestic private industry demonstrate advanced nuclear reactors in the United States. DOE expects to invest approximately $600 million over seven years with industry partners providing at least 20% in matching funds.