Cooperative Agreement DEAR0002081
- The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Radiabeam Technologies, LLC a $1.873 million cooperative agreement on April 7, 2026, under the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program (CFDA 81.135) to develop superconducting niobium-tin radiofrequency cavities for high-power proton linacs capable of transmuting all classes of used nuclear fuel isotopes. The award funds research and development of two types of superconducting radiofrequency cavities designed to enable...
- The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a Cooperative Agreement valued at $2.805 million to Transmutex U.S.A., Inc. on January 1, 2027, under the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program (CFDA 81.135). Transmutex will develop a highly reliable ion source—the critical device producing protons for particle accelerators—by enhancing existing commercial technology through innovative engineering. The work modifies a commercial ion source to achieve unprecedented...
- The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $1.794 million cooperative agreement to Omega P R&D, Inc. on August 26, 2026, under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA 81.135) to fund engineering design for prototypes toward a novel compact 40 megaelectronvolt, 125 milliampere deuteron accelerator and deuteron breakup target. This work is part of the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) initiative. The recipient, a...
- The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (operating as Stony Brook University) a $2.920 million cooperative agreement on September 19, 2025, under the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy program (CFDA 81.135) to map needs for leveraging a high current proton driver and to demonstrate the path to using superconducting cyclotrons technology for accelerator driven systems (ADS). The work applies...
- The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy awarded Omega Project Co a Cooperative Agreement totaling one million forty-nine thousand two hundred fourteen dollars on March 27, 2026, under the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program (CFDA 81.135) to develop technology converting used nuclear fuel radioisotopes into energy through the Converting UNF Radioisotopes Into Energy (CURIE) initiative. Performance takes place in Newport, Rhode Island, with a completion date of September 26,...
- <p>The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded General Atomics $3.861 million on October 1, 2025, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to close physics and technology gaps in spherical tokamaks toward a compact fusion pilot plant. The project runs through February 28, 2027, with work performed in San Diego, California.</p>
- The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a Cooperative Agreement to Mainstream Engineering Corp for $1,499,765 on January 7, 2028, to develop a 1/10th-scale off-gas management system for nuclear fuel reprocessing. The award is funded through ARPA-E's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA 81.135), which supports high-potential, high-impact energy technologies advancing new ways to generate, store, and use energy. Work is performed in Rockledge,...
- This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $300,000 to General Atomics to develop a photopumped backlighter platform for laser-driven, high-energy-density science X-ray probes. The award period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The funding supports advanced research and development efforts by General Atomics, a leading defense and technology company, to advance scientific capabilities in the...
- The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Marathon Fusion, Inc. a $4,042,077 cooperative agreement on March 6, 2026, under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA 81.135, FOA DE-FOA-0003387, VISION OPEN 2024) to develop a partial ionization centrifuge technology for fusion energy applications. The project pursues a novel approach to partial ionization centrifuge design enabling large separation factors and throughputs for light isotopes relevant to...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Defense Sciences Office awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to University of California, Davis on September 30, 2025, under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910) to conduct research on stimulating nuclear reactions with light using specially tuned ultrashort laser pulses to create non-equilibrium environments in materials and lower the barrier to nuclear decay processes. The research aims to catalyze controlled,...
The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded General Atomics a $2.571 million cooperative agreement on August 17, 2026, to develop and demonstrate high-efficiency magnetron RF sources for high-power particle accelerators that enable transmutation of used nuclear fuel isotopes and support reliable, high-availability particle generation under the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program (CFDA 81.135). Work will be performed in San Diego, California, over a period of performance from August 17, 2026, through August 16, 2029. The award funds development of continuous-wave RF sources designed to transmute all classes of used nuclear fuel isotopes while maintaining reliable, high-availability particle generation for accelerator systems. General Atomics is the recipient organization and will deliver the RF source development and demonstration activities directly.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $2.6m | 8/17/26 |