University of Utah materials science and engineering professor Michael Simpson has received a 1.5milliongrantfromtheU.S.DepartmentofEnergy(DOE)todevelopamethodofrecyclingspentfuelfromexistingcommercialnuclearpowerplantsusingmoltensalt.TheUisoneofonly12recipientsfromtheDOE’sARPA−ECURIEprogramaimed…ThepostSimpsonReceives1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a method of recycling spent fuel from existing commercial nuclear power plants using molten salt. The U is one of only 12 recipients from the DOE’s ARPA-E CURIE program aimed… The post Simpson Receives 1.5m to Develop Process for Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel appeared first on Materials Science & Engineering .