Cooperative Agreement DENE0008847

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary GenAlpha Nuclear Technologies LLC received a Cooperative Agreement award of $1.06 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) to develop Structured Plasma Cell Thermionic Energy Conversion (SPACE-TEC), a groundbreaking nuclear fuel technology that directly converts nuclear heat into electricity. The technology utilizes metal foam fuels to eliminate the need for conventional power generation systems such as turbine...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Container Technologies Industries, LLC received a $5.998 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) effective April 8, 2026, with a completion date of April 7, 2029. The award supports research and development activities focused on designing and delivering specialized container technologies for transporting High-Assay...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Award: REDUCE: Recover Elements - Destroy Undesirables - Create Energy Recipient: Shine Technologies, LLC (Small Disadvantaged Business, Janesville, WI) Funding Agency & Program: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135 Award Amount: $3.78M | Award Date: September 15, 2025 | Performance Period: 36 months (through September 14, 2028) Under this competitive cooperative agreement (DE-FOA-0003418, NEWTON Program), Shine Technologies...

This $640,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy through the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) supports nuclear energy safety analysis and fuel performance modeling at the University of Tennessee from October 2021 through September 2024. The University will perform safety analysis of high-burnup fuel for a Westinghouse 4-loop pressurized water reactor, encompassing normal operation, anticipated operational...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $1.4M Cooperative Agreement award dated April 7, 2026, from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) under the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) program to develop and demonstrate superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavities for high-power proton linear accelerators. The primary deliverable is the design, development, and validation of two types of niobium-tin (Nb₃Sn)...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary MIT received a $2.86 million cooperative agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) on September 8, 2025, with a completion date of September 7, 2028. Under the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) initiative, MIT will develop and demonstrate a transformational transmutation system designed to process the entire U.S. minor actinides stockpile and selected intermediate- and long-lived fission...

This $800,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) supports comprehensive research, development, and demonstration initiatives to advance nuclear energy science and technology. The award was made on August 1, 2024 to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a state agency and member of The Texas A&M University System, with a period of performance through September 30,...

The Department of Energy awarded the University of Tennessee a $3.2 million cooperative agreement from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027 under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA #81.121). The award will support research into innovative nuclear energy programs including the design and testing of new operator interfaces incorporating human factors for reliable hybrid plant operations. It will also fund the analysis of appropriate response procedures for...

The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $1,100,000 Project Grant to the University of Pittsburgh under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The grant supports comprehensive research initiatives aimed at maintaining existing nuclear reactor capabilities, developing advanced reactor technologies, securing the nuclear fuel cycle, and expanding international nuclear energy cooperation. A sub-award of $199,804 was made to Ceramic...

The University of Pittsburgh received a $799,999 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (81.121 CFDA) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Through this award, the University of Pittsburgh will support the Department's goal of resolving technical challenges to the expanded use of nuclear energy. Specifically, the University will conduct research on...