Request for Applications: Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program

The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking applications from commercial companies for a program to utilize surplus plutonium materials for advanced nuclear technologies. The applicants should have detailed recycling and processing plans, including funding commitments and a schedule to utilize the surplus plutonium materials within DOE's inventories for nuclear fuel for reactors in the United States. • The program aims to make surplus plutonium materials available to industry for advanced nuclear technologies. • Applicants must have detailed recycling and processing plans. • Funding commitments and a schedule for utilizing the surplus plutonium materials are required. • The goal is to use the surplus plutonium materials for nuclear fuel for reactors in the United States.