Sequential Advancement of Technology for Deep Borehole Disposal (SAVANT)

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Program:
Exploratory Topics
Award:
$441,674
Location:
Berkeley, California
Status:
ACTIVE
Project Term:
09/22/2023 - 09/21/2025

Technology Description:

Deep Isolation will test a range of canister designs in boreholes at the Deep Borehole Demonstration Center in Texas and assess US-based supplier capabilities in the hopes of identifying a universal canister design. Advancing a universal canister system from a conceptual development stage to a licensing stage would require full-scale test data, and help enable safe, scalable, and cost-effective disposal of the current stored used nuclear fuel as well as fuels from advanced nuclear reactors in development.

Contact

ARPA-E Program Director:
Dr. Robert Ledoux
Project Contact:
Ethan Bates
Press and General Inquiries Email:
ARPA-E-Comms@hq.doe.gov
Project Contact Email:
ethan@deepisolation.com

Partners

Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI)

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