[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 55228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23499]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[DE-PS07-01ID13965]


Idaho Operations Office; Notice of Availability of Solicitation 
for Awards of Financial Assistance

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of availability of solicitation number DE-PS07-
01ID13965--Nuclear Engineering Education Research (NEER) Program.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, is 
soliciting applications for awards of financial assistance (i.e., 
grants) for state-of-the-art research that contributes to any of the 
following eight areas: reactor physics; reactor engineering; nuclear 
materials research; radiological engineering; radioactive waste 
management; applied radiation science; nuclear safety and risk 
analysis; and innovative technologies for next generation reactors, 
space nuclear power and propulsion applications and the development of 
new radiation sources. The issuance date of Solicitation Number DE-
PS07-01ID13965 will be September 13, 2000. The solicitation is 
available in its full text will be available on the Internet at the 
following URL address: http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/PSD/proc-div.html. 
The deadline for receipt of applications will be approximately on 
November 16, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Applications should be submitted to: U.S. Department of 
Energy, INEEL, ATTN: Marie Warnick, P.O. Box 1625, Mail Stop 3860, 
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415-3860.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dallas L. Hoffer, Contract Specialist, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The solicitation was issued pursuant to 10 
CFR 600.6(b). Eligibility for awards under this Nuclear Engineering 
Education Research (NEER) Program will be restricted to U.S. colleges 
and universities with nuclear engineering degree programs or options or 
an operating research reactor. The purpose of this NEER Program is to 
(1) support basic research in nuclear engineering; (2) assist in 
developing nuclear engineering students; and (3) contribute to 
strengthening the academic community's nuclear engineering 
infrastructure.
    The statutory authority for this program is Public Law 95-91.

    Issued in Idaho Falls on September 6, 2000.
Michael L. Adams,
Acting Director, Procurement Services Division.
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