(FOA)-RFI: Advanced Nuclear Reactors (DE-FOA-0002115); April 25, 2019

 

Agency

Department of Energy – Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (ARPA-E)

 

Description

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has released a Request for Information ONLY titled

“Advanced Nuclear Reactors”, DE-FOA-0002115.  The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to solicit input for ARPA-E consideration to inform the possible formulation of future programs. ARPA-E is seeking information from diverse industries about technologies that could enable advanced nuclear reactors to achieve operating cost profiles that approximate those of natural gas combined cycle plants. This entails reducing operating costs per megawatt of electricity (MWe) at nuclear power plants by more than one order of magnitude. Attaining this vision requires semi-autonomous nuclear power plant operations, a radical departure from traditional nuclear power plant operations. Because autonomy is so unconventional for the nuclear sector, attacking the problem requires operational technologies and controls strategies that have limited or no technical precedent in the nuclear community. For this reason, ARPA-E is especially interested in perspectives from outside the traditional nuclear energy space.   This is solely a request for information and is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).

 

Announcement Number

DE-FOA-0002115

 

Closing Date

April 25, 2019