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

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award $38 million to 12 projects that will work to reduce the impacts of light-water reactor used nuclear fuel (UNF) disposal. Upon discharge from a nuclear reactor, the UNF is initially stored in steel-lined concrete pools surrounded by water.

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INL team develops efficient method for separating rare earth elements and transition metals in magnet scrap

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Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a dimethyl ether-driven fractional crystallization process for separating rare earth elements and transition metals. This separation process involves low energy and reagent requirements and does not contribute to waste generation. —Stetson et al. Stetson, C., Prodius, D.,

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Idaho National Lab Nominates Supercritical/Solid Catalyst for Biodiesel Production for R&D 100 Awards

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Idaho National Laboratory has nominated its supercritical/solid catalyst for biodiesel production from waste fats, oils and greases for the R&D 100 Awards. scaled SSC in a successful demonstration of the technology at a pilot plant in American Falls, Idaho. INL has won 41 R&D 100 Awards since 1986. BioFuelBox, Inc.

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DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office to award $8.5M to 7 small business R&D projects

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Luna Innovations will develop a large-scale, multi-input and output separation and extraction process to convert unused salt byproducts, wastes, and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into usable chemical feedstocks for the U.S. This process was developed initially by Idaho National Laboratory with funding from the Critical Materials Institute.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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First, an electric potential will be applied to water to simultaneously produce acidity and alkalinity. Olivine is a CO 2 -reactive waste product that can be returned as tailings after capture carbon from the air. Re-Mining Red Mud Waste for CO 2 Capture and Storage and Critical Element Recovery (RMCCS-CER) ($1,000,000).

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DOE to award $33M to advance hydrogen and fuel cell R&D and the H2@Scale vision

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H2NEW includes National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory as co-leads, and focuses on R&D to enable affordable, durable and efficient large-scale electrolyzers, which produce hydrogen from electricity and water (at both high and low temperatures). This would be coordinated with the H2NEW consortium.

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General Atomics launches bid for DOE small modular reactor program with EM2

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The current amount of used nuclear fuel waste in storage at US nuclear plants is sufficient for 3,000 EM 2 modules. EM 2 will also provide three times the energy per pound of fuel compared to current technology and reduce waste by 80% utilizing just a single pass through fuel cycle, GA says.

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