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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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“At the same time, it’s becoming apparent that alternative-fuel solutions we’re looking at have big drawbacks, and that producing these fuels will take a lot of green power that will be needed to replace coal and gas on shore. After that, the companies plan to build a larger reactor for demonstration at sea in the early 2030s.

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DOE to Award Up to $27M in Phase III Small Business Awards; Algae Processing, Fuel Cells, Improved Materials for Motors, Synthetic Fuels Among Areas of Interest

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Buildings Technologies. Grant applications that propose to use the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) National Scientific User Facility for demonstrating the performance of these extreme-condition instrumentation, sensors, or thermocouples are particularly sought for demonstration testing in the INL ATR.

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California Air Resources Board Pushes for Restoration of DOE Funding for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles; Tackles the Four Miracles

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When produced and distributed in high volume, hydrogen can be made efficiently from a variety of feedstocks including natural gas, biomass, and coal with sequestration at levelized costs of $3-6/kg, which, when adjusted for the efficiency of the FCV, is comparable to $1.50-%3.00/gallon gallon of gasoline in today’s vehicles.

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California Air Resources Board wants fuel cell funding

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Infrastructure - The letter outlined that when produced in high volume, hydrogen can be made efficiently from a number of feedstocks including natural gas, biomass and coal. Meanwhile, according to an Idaho National Laboratory estimate, the average cost of a 240V circuit needed for a PHEV-30 or PHEV-40 would be $1,500-$2,100.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Discover, understand, and control efficient chemical pathways for the conversion of coal and biomass into chemicals and fuels. Understand and build nano-structured electrode components as the foundation for new electrical energy storage technologies. Idaho National Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory.

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The Future of Fission Reactors May Be Small

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Instead of building an airport, one analogy goes, crafting an SMR is like building an aircraft. NuScale has plans to build a US plant in Idaho by 2030; the company is involved in the UK , Poland , and Romania as well. Hence the name: small modular reactors (SMRs). And it’s still on the drawing board. startup NuScale.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. The impetus for this change came from a study by the US Idaho National Lab [ 2 ]. We imagine you objecting: “Oh no, we’ll have to build lots more power plants!”

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