The Department of Energy and USEC have agreed to an extension until the end of the month for a research, development and deployment program supporting the American Centrifuge Project. The program had been set to end today and no extension was anticipated, as the Department reached its orignally set limit for funding the cost-share effort. "The Department and USEC have established a no-cost extension to the RD&D cooperative agreement through the end of April," a DOE spokesperson said. "At the same time, the Department continues to explore options for the best way to meet U.S. national security needs after the cooperative agreement ends. The Department currently plans to task the Oak Ridge Office and the Oak Ridge National Lab with taking actions needed to maintain the centrifuges and enrichment capability as the Department explores these options."
DOE, USEC AGREE ON ‘NO COST EXTENSION’ FOR RD&D PROGRAM
West Virginia becomes sixth state picked under DOE’s nuclear campus program
West Virginia has been selected as a finalist to host a nuclear campus under a high-profile Department of Energy program Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R) announced in a Tuesday press conference. West Virginia is now the sixth state to be considered for a nuclear lifecycle innovation campus, joining Idaho, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah, which were […]