ANS Nuclear Policy Wire June 4, 2018

June 4, 2018

MEITNER Money This morning, the Department of Energy announced up to $24 million in funding for 10 projects as part of a new ARPA-E program. The program, Modeling-Enhanced Innovations Trailblazing Nuclear Energy Reinvigoration (MEITNER), "will identify and develop innovative technologies that enable designs for lower cost, safer, advanced nuclear reactors."   In other news, a copy of the draft memo that would order grid operators to buy electricity from at-risk coal and nuclear plants is available here.