DEAR0002077

THIS COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ENTITLED, ''REDUCE: RECOVER ELEMENTS - DESTROY UNDESIRABLES - CREATE ENERGY'' IS AWARDED TO SHINE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC UNDER ARPA-E FOA NUMBER DE-FOA-0003418 (NEWTON) AND CONTROL NUMBER 3418-1502. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO DESIGN, SIMULATE, AND LABORATORY TEST GAME-CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES THAT REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY GENERATION THROUGH THE RECYCLING AND TRANSMUTATION OF UNF. THE PROPOSED APPROACH WILL REDUCE THE VOLUME, LONGEVITY, AND HAZARD LEVEL OF REACTOR WASTE, AND WILL IMPROVE REPROCESSING/TRANSMUTATION ECONOMICS VIA VALUE-ADDED ISOTOPE EXTRACTION AND ENERGY SALES.

Shine Technologies

THE NUCLEAR ENERGY WASTE TRANSMUTATION OPTIMIZED NOW (NEWTON) PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES THAT ENABLE THE TRANSMUTATION OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL (UNF) TO ALLEVIATE THE IMPACT OF STORAGE IN PERMANENT DISPOSAL FACILITIES. THIS PROGRAM SEEKS TO FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES THAT INCREASE THE OVERALL CAPACITY FACTOR, POWER OUTPUT, AND EFFICIENCY OF PARTICLE GENERATION SYSTEMS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROTON, NEUTRON, AND/OR PHOTON), BY REDUCING BEAM TRIP MAGNITUDE AND DURATION (REFERRED TO AS LOSS OF BEAM). ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES WILL FOCUS ON INCREASING THE THROUGHPUT OF TRANSMUTATION BY DEVELOPING TARGET MATERIALS THAT MAXIMIZE TRANSMUTATION RATES AND ARE EASILY PROCESSIBLE TO REMOVE THE TRANSMUTED MATERIAL.

81.135 - Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy

Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) [DOE]

Janesville, Wisconsin United States

City-Wide

Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON), DE-FOA-0003418 (DE-FOA-0003418)