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$900M offer for SMR funding opens again—realigned to energy dominance agenda
The Department of Energy reissued a $900 million solicitation on March 24 designed to de-risk the deployment of “Gen-III+” light water small modular reactors. The same funding was previously offered in October 2024, with applications due January 17. Now, potential applicants have until April 23 to apply for a grant under a solicitation modified to “better align with President Trump's bold agenda to unleash American energy and AI dominance.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|12:30–2:15PM EST |Fairchild
Session Chair:
Angela Chambers
Alternate Chair:
Marsha Henley
Session Organizer:
Douglas G. Bowen
Student Assistant:
Grace Stanke
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RPI LINAC Refurbishment and Upgrade Project
12:35–12:55PM EST
Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Peter Brand (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Michael Bretti (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Brian Epping (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Timothy Trumbull (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
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Low-Energy Reactions of the n+233U Nuclear Compound System and its Initial Validation
12:55–1:15PM EST
Marco T. Pigni (ORNL), Roberto Capote (IAEA), Andrej Trkov (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Preliminary RAM-RODD Results for the MUSiC Subcritical Configurations
1:15–1:35PM EST
Robert A. Weldon Jr. (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL), Joetta M. Goda (LANL), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL), William L. Myers (LANL), George E. McKenzie IV (LANL), Alexander T. McSpaden (LANL), Lauren A. Misurek (LANL), Rene G. Sanchez (LANL)
Design of Temperature-Dependent Critical Experiments with SPRF/CX
1:35–1:55PM EST
Justin B. Clarity (ORNL), Ryan C. Gallagher (ORNL), Mathieu N. Dupont (ORNL), Christopher W. Chapman (ORNL)
Photo Doppler Velocimetry and Gamma/Neutron Yield Measurements of Godiva-IV Critical Assembly
1:55–2:15PM EST
Lucas Snyder (LLNL), Dan Bower (LLNL), Robert Buckles (Nevada National Security Site), David Fittinghoff (LLNL), Joetta Goda (LANL), Mark May (LLNL), Michael Pena (Nevada National Security Site), John Scorby (LLNL)
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