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US DOE awards EPRI $5.1M for advanced nuclear technology

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EPRI) to develop modular-in-chamber electron beam welding capability for a future domestic advanced reactor demonstration project. The EPRI project was selected under the Advanced Reactor Development Projects pathway: Establishing Modular In-Chamber Electron Beam Welding (MIC-EBW) Phase II – Under this proposal, DOE will award $5.1

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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