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Jefferson Lab awarded $8M for accelerator technology to enable transmutation

February 25, 2026, 3:51PMNuclear News
Particle accelerator technologies, such as this niobium-tin particle accelerator cavity, may lead to advancements in nuclear waste transmutation. (Photo: Jefferson Lab)

The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is leading research supported by two Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) grants aimed at developing accelerator technology to enable nuclear waste recycling, decreasing the half-life of spent nuclear fuel.

Both grants, totaling $8.17 million in combined funding, were awarded through the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) program, which aims to enable the transmutation of nuclear fuels by funding novel technologies for improving the performance of particle generation systems.

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