energy in helping ensure America's low
carbon future,” said Energy Secretary Ernest
Moniz.
“These awards not only provide crucial
funding for research and development, but
also for the training and educationof the next
generation nuclear energy workforce that
will enhance American leadership in the safe,
secure and efficient use of nuclear energy here
and around theworld.”
The department is awarding more than $30
million through its Nuclear Energy Research
Programs to support 44 university-led
nuclear energy research and development
projects to develop innovative technologies
and solutions. These projects will be ledby 30
U.S. universities in24 states.
The announcement also includes approxi-
mately $4 million to 19 universities for
research reactor and inf rastructure
improvements – providing important safety
performance- and student education-related
upgrades to the nation's 25 university
research reactors as well as enhancing
university research and training infra-
structure.
The department is also awarding $20million
for fiveintegrated research projects that will
deliver solutions to high priority nuclear
energ y research challenges, including
instrumentation and vacuum drying systems
associated with the storage of used nuclear
fuel, an integrated approach to fluoride high
t emp e r a t u r e r e a c t o r t e c hn o l o g y
development and advanced instrumentation
to support transient testing.
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