[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 59763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23608]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Request for Comments on Draft Solicitation for Advanced 
Nuclear Energy Projects

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Loan Programs Office (LPO) of the Department of Energy 
(DOE) announces availability of a draft of a potential future 
solicitation for Federal Loan Guarantees for Advanced Nuclear Energy 
Projects. LPO invites comments regarding the draft of the potential 
future solicitation.

DATES: Comments regarding the draft of the potential future 
solicitation must be received on or before November 3, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Peter W. Davidson, Executive 
Director, Loan Programs Office, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. The draft solicitation 
is available on LPO's Web site at http://www.lgprogram.energy.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter W. Davidson, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE is considering a potential future 
solicitation for Federal Loan Guarantees for Advanced Nuclear Energy 
Projects. Should DOE choose to proceed with such a solicitation, 
applicants would be invited to apply for loan guarantees from DOE to 
finance projects and facilities located in the United States that 
employ innovative advanced nuclear energy (``Advanced Nuclear Energy 
Projects''). DOE may make up to Twelve Billion Six Hundred Million 
Dollars ($12,600,000,000) in loan guarantee authority available under 
the proposed solicitation for Advanced Nuclear Energy Projects. Of that 
amount, $2,000,000,000 is available exclusively for advanced nuclear 
facilities for the ``front-end'' of the nuclear fuel cycle. The 
remaining $10,600,000,000 is available for nuclear power facilities.
    LPO is announcing a draft of a potential future solicitation for 
Federal Loan Guarantees for Advanced Nuclear Energy Projects. LPO 
invites comments regarding the draft of the potential future 
solicitation.

    Statutory Authority: Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 16511 et seq.).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2014.
April G. Stephenson,
Chief Operating Officer, Loan Programs Office.
[FR Doc. 2014-23608 Filed 10-2-14; 8:45 am]
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