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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$87,719,689

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to GE VERNOVA OPERATIONS LLC

energyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-11-05·LATEST ACTION2026-03-24·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DENE0009047_089
Award description

THROUGH THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) OFFICE OF ADVANCED FUELS TECHNOLOGIES SEEKS TO CONTINUE TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUELS (ATF) FOR LIGHT WATER REACTORS (LWRS). THE AWARD CONTINUES THE WORK OF COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO. DE-NE0008823.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Develop accident-tolerant fuels for light water reactors to improve nuclear safety and performance.

Sub-sectors
nuclear-fuel-developmentlight-water-reactor-safetydoe-cooperative-agreement
Why this matters

ATF technology enhances nuclear reactor resilience and extends fuel performance, supporting long-term U.S. nuclear energy infrastructure.

Supply-chain signal

Continued investment signals sustained demand for advanced nuclear fuel materials and manufacturing capabilities from domestic suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Advanced fuel technology development maintains U.S. leadership in nuclear innovation and reduces dependence on foreign nuclear fuel suppliers.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002264.

Period of performance
Start
2021-11-05
End
2026-11-04
Status
activein 171 days
Sources

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