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[1] DOE is also responsible for energy efficiency programs, which are integral

to addressing future energy challenges by reducing demand.

[2] All historical DOE R and D budget authority totals are presented in real

terms by adjusting them to fiscal year 2005 dollars to account for inflation.

[3] The Three Mile Island accident, which involved one of the plant's two

reactors, was the most serious incident at a U.S. commercial nuclear power
plant. While there were no deaths or injuries, the reactor's core began to
melt down, creating widespread concern about health and safety.

[4] Pub. L. No. 108-357.

[5] Pub. L. No. 109-58.

[6] Tax expenditures result in forgone revenue for the federal government due

to preferential provisions in the tax code. See GAO , Government
Performance and Accountability: Tax Expenditures Represent a Substantial
Federal Commitment and Need to Be Reexamined , GAO-05-690
(Washington, D.C.: Sept. 23, 2005).

[7] In 2006, crude oil prices peaked at nearly $70 per barrel in the United

States.

[8] Summing tax expenditure estimates is useful to gauge their general

magnitude but does not take into account interactions between individual
provisions.