[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59412-59413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29580]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Oakland Operations Office; Financial Assistance Solicitation No. 
DE-PS03-02SF22467 and Program Announcement LAB-NE-2002-1, Nuclear 
Energy Research Initiative

AGENCY: Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (NE), Oakland 
Operations Office, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for financial assistance.

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SUMMARY: The U. S. Department of Energy, Oakland Operations Office 
intends to issue a Solicitation and a Program Announcement on or about 
November 20, 2001, seeking applications/proposals for innovative 
scientific and engineering research and development in the field of 
nuclear energy as part of the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative 
(NERI). NERI is designed to support promising research to address the 
principal technical and scientific obstacles to future use of nuclear 
power in the U.S.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Berry, Contract Specialist, 
Financial Assistance Center, U. S. Department of Energy, 1301 Clay 
Street, 700N, Oakland, California 94612-5208; telephone (510) 637-1873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Solicitation is intended for 
applications from U.S. universities or other institutions of higher 
learning, industry, non-profit and R&D organizations and collaborations 
among organizations, including those in which DOE national laboratories 
are participating, but not as the lead organization. A separate Program 
Announcement is being issued simultaneously for proposals in which a 
DOE national laboratory participates as the sole or performing lead 
organization.
    The fields of research include: (1) Advanced Nuclear Energy 
Systems; (2) Fuel Recycling Technologies; (3) Advanced Nuclear Fuel and 
(4) Fundamental Science.
    Up to a total of $10 million of Government Fiscal Year 2002 Federal 
funds are expected to be available for awards under this Solicitation 
and the complementary Program Announcement to DOE national 
laboratories. Typical funding of individual awards is expected to be in 
the range of $200,000 to $450,000 per year. Collaborative research 
projects involving two or more organizations may receive larger awards, 
where merited. The period of performance for individual projects is 
expected to be one to three years.
    The Nuclear Energy Research Initiative will be conducted under the 
authority of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 
2002, Public Law 107-66; the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 
(CFDA) Number 81.121; and the applicable DOE Financial Assistance 
Regulations at 10 CFR part 600.
    There have been changes made to the submittal procedures for 
applications/proposals responding to the NERI Solicitation and Program 
Announcement for Fiscal Year 2002.

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    These solicitations were formerly posted on the NERI website. The 
NERI Solicitation and Program Announcement for Fiscal Year 2002 will be 
available on the Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS), which 
can be accessed at IIPS homepage at: http://e-center.doe.gov.
    Completed applications and field work proposals are required to be 
submitted as an Adobe PDF file via IIPS in accordance with the IIPS 
User Guide. The Guide can be obtained by going to the IIPS Homepage at: 
http://e-center.doe.gov and then clicking on the ``Help'' button. 
Individuals who have the authority to enter their institution into a 
legally binding contract/agreement and intend to submit proposals/
applications via the IIPS system must register and receive confirmation 
that they are registered prior to being able to submit an application/
proposal on the IIPS system. Once an applicant is registered with IIPS, 
a signature on the IIPS is the typed name of the applicant in Block 18 
of the SF 424. Questions regarding the operation of IIPS may be 
submitted via e-mail to the IIPS Help Desk at center.doe.gov">IIPS_HelpDesk@e-center.doe.gov or via phone at (800) 683-0751. The only acceptable mode 
of application transmission is through IIPS. Applications submitted 
through the U.S. Postal Service, facsimile, telegraphically, courier 
companies, or hand-delivered hard copies will be considered non-
responsive.

    Issued in Oakland, California, on November 20, 2001.
R. Arlene Coleman,
Contracting Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-29580 Filed 11-27-01; 8:45 am]
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