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ANS Nuclear Policy Wire October 13, 2020 DOE Issues $160 Million in First Awards under ADRP Program

 


DOE Issues $160 Million in First Awards under ADRP Program

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of two U.S. based teams to receive $160 million in initial funding under the Advanced Reactor Development Program (ADRP).

DOE is awarding TerraPower, LLC (Bellevue, WA) and X-energy (Rockville, MD) $80 million each in initial funding to build two advanced nuclear reactors that can be operational within seven years. The awards are cost-shared partnerships with industry that will deliver two first-of-a-kind advanced reactors to be licensed for commercial operations. DOE will invest a total of $3.2 billion over seven years, subject to the availability of future appropriations, with industry partners providing matching funds.
 
Specifically, TerraPower will demonstrate the Natrium reactor, a sodium-cooled fast reactor that leverages decades of development and design undertaken by TerraPower and its partner, GE-Hitachi. X-energy will deliver a commercial four-unit nuclear power plant based on its Xe-100 reactor design. The Xe-100 is a high temperature gas-cooled reactor that is ideally suited to provide flexible electricity output as well as process heat for a wide range of industrial heat applications, such as desalination and hydrogen production. 
ANS Nuclear Policy Wire
October 13, 2020

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