Additionally, $11millionwill be awarded for
12 research and development projects led by
U.S. universities, national department
laboratories and industry in support of the
Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies
Crosscutting Technology Development
Program to address crosscutting nuclear
energ y challenges. Two infrastructure
enhancement projects totaling more than $1
million will be awarded to national
department laboratories to further reactor
materials and instrumentation research.
Since 2009, the department's Office of
Nuclear Energy has awarded approximately
$350 million to 98 U.S. colleges and
universities to continue American leadership
in clean energy innovation and to train the
next generation of nuclear engineers and
scientists through its university programs.
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