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ARPA-E awards $38M to 12 projects leading used nuclear fuel recycling initiative

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The projects, led by universities, private companies, and national laboratories, were selected to develop technologies to advance UNF recycling, reduce the volume of high-level waste requiring permanent disposal, and provide safe domestic advanced reactor fuel stocks. Award amount: $1,580,774). Award amount: $4,715,163).

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Successful demonstration of advanced hyperbaric centrifuge technology for recovering fine coal particles from waste slurries

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coal-cleaning plant in Alabama successfully reduced moisture from ultrafine coal waste. In some cases the water is evaporated to stabilize the deposits before they are recovered in surface reclamation; in others, the waste coal is not recovered for a variety of technological, operational, market, or other reasons.

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Cyclone Power Technologies Successfully Combusts Recovered Gulf Crude to Power Mark V Engine

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The Gulf oil combustion test was performed in conjunction with Unified Fuels LLC of Foley, Alabama, a development partner of Cyclone. Unified’s proprietary waste-to-fuel systems utilize a form of distillation to create diesel or gasoline from biomass feedstock.

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AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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AirCapture develops on-site, modular technology that captures CO 2 from the air using waste heat from manufacturing plants, enabling customer operations to go carbon neutral and even negative. We are converting common industrial waste streams into product streams —Todd Brix.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,499,999. DOE Funding: $1,499,987. DOE Funding: $1,499,647.

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Study of californium borate could lead to new technologies for radioactive waste storage and nuclear fuel recycling

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Albrecht-Schmitt said that the discoveries could help scientists build new storage containers for radioactive waste, plus help separate radioactive fuel, aiding in its recycling. A paper on the study is published in the journal Nature Chemistry.

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BlueFire Renewables Signs 15-Year Feedstock Supply Contract for Cellulosic Ethanol Facility

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Under the Agreement, CMT will pursue a least-cost strategy for feedstock supply made possible by the project site’s proximity to feedstock sources and the flexibility of BlueFire’s process to use a wide spectrum of cellulosic waste materials in pure or mixed forms.

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