Presentation to the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Gaithersburg, MD

Presentation to the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

Gaithersburg, MD

Dr. Gail H. Marcus, Principal Deputy DirectorOffice of Nuclear Energy, Science and

Technology

August 3, 2001

Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology - Programs and Directions

Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology - Programs and Directions

Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology

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Cost-shared with nuclear industry through EPRI

14 projects in FY 2000; 9 continuing, 7 new projects in FY 2001:

Managing the long-term effects of nuclear plant aging (material fatigue, stress corrosion)

Optimizing nuclear power plant generation capacity (e.g., digital I&C upgrades, advanced sensor technologies)

Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization (NEPO)Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization (NEPO)

Cooperative research with industry to develop and deploy advanced technologies that improve the long-term reliability and efficiency of existing nuclear power plants

Electric Power(Nuclear) 47.2%

Electric Power(Non-Nuclear)

28.5%Alternative

Energy 17.5%

Agriculture &Forestry 1.0%

Industry4.7%

OtherSectors 1.1%

1998 Voluntary Carbon Reductions



Investigator-initiated

Peer reviewed

Collaborative

1-3 year projects

“Incubator”

Supports nuclear infrastructure

International NERI (I-NERI) starting in FY 2001

Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI)Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI)

Advanced reactor designs & applications

Advanced nuclear fuel

Proliferation-resistant technologies

New nuclear waste management techniques

Fundamental research

NERI Project Statistics (1999 - 2001):

575 proposals received

69 projects awarded to date

Organizations involved:

- 10 National Laboratories

- 24 Universities

- 20 Industry and Other Organizations

- 24 Foreign R&D Organizations (10 countries)

ong-term research and development to address key issues affecting future use of nuclear energy and to preserve the nation's nuclear science and technology leadership.

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Program Participants (Past and Present)Industrial OrganizationsBechtel Corp.Duke Engineering & ServicesEgan AssociatesElectric Power Research InstituteFramatome TechnologiesGamma EngineeringGE Corporate ResearchGeneral AtomicsGlobal Nuclear FuelMcDermott TechnologiesNewport News Ship BuildingNorthern Engineering & ResearchPacific SierraPanlyon TechnologiesRockwell Science CenterSiemens Power CorporationSRI InternationalSwales AerospaceTennessee Valley AuthorityWestinghouse Electric

Government AgenciesNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

International CollaboratorsAtomic Energy of Canada (Canada)Ben Gurion University (Israel)British Nuclear Fuel (UK)Chosun University (Korea)Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (France)ENEA (Italy)Framatome (France)Hitachi Ltd. (Japan)Institute of Physics & Power Engineering (Russia)Japan Nuclear Cycle Institute (Japan)Japan Atomic Power Company (Japan)Kurchatov Institute (Russia)Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan)National Atomic Energy Commission and University of Cuyo (Argentina)OECD-Nuclear Energy Agency (Europe)Polytechnical Institute of Milan (Italy)Studsvik Scanpower Inc. (Sweden)Tokai University (Japan)Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)Toshiba (Japan)Toyama University (Japan)University of Manchester (UK )University of Rome (Italy)VTT Manufacturing (Finland)

UniversitiesIowa StateMITNew Mexico State Univ.North Carolina StateNorthwestern Univ.Notre DameOhio State Univ.Ohio Univ.

Oregon StatePenn StatePurdueTexas A&MUniv. of AkronUniv. of CA-BerkeleyUniv. of CincinnatiUniv. of New Mexico

Univ. of FloridaUniv. of MichiganUniv. of KentuckyUniv. of TennesseeUniv. of VirginiaUniv. of California-LAUniv. of MarylandUniv. of Wisconsin

U.S. Department of Energy LaboratoriesAmes Idaho Los AlamosArgonne Lawrence Berkeley Oak RidgeBrookhaven Lawrence Livermore Pacific Northwest

Sandia

Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI)Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI)




Bilateral, cost shared collaboration to conduct R&D

Bilateral peer reviewed selection of proposals from joint teams

General research areas:

Next -generation reactor designs (higher efficiency, lower cost, improved safety)

Advanced nuclear fuels and fuel cycle technology

Innovative technologies for plant design, fabrication, construction, operation and maintenance

Fundamental nuclear science

Established in FY 2001; agreements with Korea and France signed so far

ilateral and multilateral research collaboration to address key issues affecting the future of nuclear energy and its global deployment.

International Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (I-NERI)International Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (I-NERI)

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Identify, assess, and develop advanced nuclear energy technologies that can compete in all markets with the most cost-efficient energy alternatives.

The Evolution of Nuclear Power

Early PrototypeReactors

Generation I

- Shippingport

- Dresden, Fermi I

- Magnox

Commercial PowerReactors

Generation II

- LWR-PWR, BWR

- CANDU

- VVER/RBMK

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030

Generation IV

- HighlyEconomical

- EnhancedSafety

- MinimizeWastes

- ProliferationResistant

AdvancedLWRs

Generation III

- ABWR, System 80+,AP600, EPR

Gen I Gen II Gen III Gen III+ Gen IV

Generation III+

Generation IIIEvolutionaryDesigns OfferingImprovedEconomics

Nuclear Energy Technology (NET)Nuclear Energy Technology (NET)

Generation IV Technology Roadmap will provide: Exhaustive review of concept plant

designs

Evaluation of state-of-the-art technologies

Selection of most promising concepts

Identification of R&D necessary to take innovative design from the laboratory to the marketplace

Near-term and long-term elements

International initiative involving over 100 experts from 9 countries

Goal is long-term R&D Plan



Advanced Accelerator ApplicationsAdvanced Accelerator Applications

Conduct scientific and engineering research in the areas of transmutation and separations technology to enable significant reductions in both the quantity and radiotoxicity of spent nuclear fuel; provide a vehicle for tritium production as a back-up capability to support national security needs; and conduct advanced nuclear science, materials, and systems research.



Advanced Radioisotope Power SystemsAdvanced Radioisotope Power Systems

Develop, demonstrate and deliver compact, safe nuclear power systems and technologies for use in remote, harsh environments such as space.



Isotope SupportIsotope Support

Los Alamos - LANSCE:

Aluminum/Al-26 - Research: Alzheimers disease Acid rainCopper/Cu-67 - Antibody labeling for cancer therapy & imagingGermanium/Ge-68 - Calibration sources for PET equipment; Antibody labelingStrontium/Sr-82 - Cardiac imaging

Brookhaven - BLIP:

Strontium/Sr-82 - Cardiac imagingCopper/Cu-67 - Antibody labeling for cancer therapy & imaging

Oak Ridge - Stable Isotopes Inventory:

Calcium/Ca-42* - Research: -43 Nutrition -44 Bone growth -45 Nucleosynthesis -48 Nuclear physicsStrontium/Sr-88* - Reactor targets for Sr-89 (used in

bone cancer therapy & labeling of monoclonal antibodies)

Thallium/Tl-203* - Targets for Tl-201 production in accelerators (Ti-201 used in

cardiac imaging)

High Flux Isotope Reactor/Inventory:

Iridium/Ir-192 - Industrial nondestructive examinationTin/Sn-117m - Bone pain reliefStrontium/Sr-89 - Bone pain reliefTungsten/Tn-188 - Cancer therapyActinium/Ac-225 - Cancer therapy

Sandia - ACRR:

Research isotopesIodine/I-125 - Prostate cancer therapy

Serve the national need for a reliable supply of isotope products, services, and related technologies.



Nuclear Engineering Education Research

Fuel

Matching Grants

Fellowships/Scholarships (Including Minority Awards)

Reactor Sharing

Reactor Upgrades

Radiochemistry

Nuclear Engineering Education Recruitment

University Reactor FuelAssistance and SupportUniversity Reactor FuelAssistance and Support

Maintain and support the U.S. nuclear engineering education infrastructure to meet the present and future technology needs of the United States -- direct support is provided to 49 educational institutions in 28 states.



University Reactor Fuel Assistance and SupportUniversity Reactor Fuel Assistance and Support

Program ParticipantsClemson UniversityCornell UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyHoward UniversityIdaho State UniversityJackson State UniversityKansas State UniversityLincoln UniversityLouisiana State UniversityLuna Vocational Technical InstituteMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMorgan State UniversityMorris CollegeNew Mexico State UniversityNorth Carolina State UniversityNorth Carolina A&T State UniversityNorth Carolina Central UniversityOhio State UniversityOregon State UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityPrairie View A&M UniversityPurdue UniversityReed CollegeRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRhode Island Nuclear Science Center

South Carolina State UniversityTennessee State UniversityTexas A&M UniversityUniversity of Alaska-AnchorageUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of California-BerkeleyUniversity of CincinnatiUniversity of FloridaUniversity of IllinoisUniversity of MarylandUniversity of Massachusetts-LowellUniversity of MichiganUniversity of Missouri-ColumbiaUniversity of Missouri-RollaUniversity of New MexicoUniversity of TennesseeUniversity of TexasUniversity of UtahUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of WisconsinVirginia State UniversityWashington State UniversityWorcester Polytechnic InstituteXavier University of Louisiana

States With Participating Colleges and Universities



Infrastructure SupportInfrastructure Support

Maintain and manage the Advanced Test Reactor

Maintain and manage other operating research facilities at several labs (including building maintenance, safety upgrades, etc.)

Operate program to treat DOE’s sodium-bonded spent nuclear fuel and conduct related research

Maintain the FFTF in an environmentally compliant stand-by condition pending outcome of a 60-day review of an expression of commercial interest in the facility

Maintain shutdown facilities in a safe condition

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Presentation to the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Gaithersburg, MD