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fossil energy R and D budget authority, particularly for developing and
demonstrating advanced gasification technologies—including integrated
gasification combined cycle (IGCC)—mercury capture, and sequestration
technologies. DOE's top nuclear energy R and D priority is to encourage electric
power companies to submit applications to NRC for licenses to build and operate
Generation III nuclear reactors by competitively awarding funds for preparing
early site permits and NRC combined license applications. The nuclear R and D
program also is developing Generation IV nuclear reactor technologies, especially
ones that can reprocess spent nuclear fuel that reduce both proliferation risks and
the amount of waste generated.
Source: GAO analysis of DOE data.
Note: Budget authority is in real terms, adjusted to fiscal year 2005 dollars to account for
inflation. Excludes DOE program management costs and indirect facilities costs of
DOE laboratories.
Figure 3. DOE's Budget Authority for Renewable, Fossil, and Nuclear R and D, Fiscal
Years 197
8
through 2005.
