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DOE turns to private sector to build out spent nuclear fuel recycling
The Department of Energy on April 22 issued two requests for applications seeking proposals from private industry on kickstarting the reprocessing and recycling of spent nuclear fuel in the United States.
According to the DOE, the RFAs represent an unprecedented opportunity for the private sector to restore the nation’s nuclear leadership.
NASA RPS Program
NASA Fission Surface Power Project
Marshall Space Flight Center, Space Nuclear Propulsion Project
Building on a sixty-year legacy of safe and effective space nuclear power, NASA, in partnership with the Department of Energy, is leading the way to develop new, innovative nuclear power and propulsion, technologies and systems, to enable missions that advance the scientific knowledge of our solar system and expand the sustained capability of human exploration in space.
https://www.nasa.gov
