Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been awarded $607,505 from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) to help develop technologies to resolve the waste and storage challenges associated with Advanced Nuclear Reactor fuel cycles.The project is funded through ARPA-E’s “Optimizing Nuclear Waste and Advanced Reactor Disposal Systems” (ONWARDS) program, which seeks to increase the deployment, and use of, nuclear power as a reliable source of clean energy and limit the amount of waste produced from Advanced Nuclear Reactors.“I congratulate Professor Jie Lian and the team on receiving this important and highly competitive award,” Dr. Shekhar Garde, dean of the School of Engineering at Rensselaer, said. “Dr. Lian’s work is at the forefront of applying the fundamental understanding of advanced materials to many important energy…
Rensselaer Receives Funding from U.S. Department of Energy to Reduce Nuclear Waste, Advance Clean Energy
