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Nuclear Energy Research & Development Roadmap: Report to Congress (April 2010)
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2010 Performance Plan (pdf 2.72 MB)

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Pulsing the Future of Nuclear Energy
This document summarizes the reports listed below and provides a visual scorecard of the reports' findings and recommendations across several key areas of the nuclear energy enterprise.

Nuclear Energy: Policies and Technology for the 21st Century Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee (Nov 2008)

Facilities for the Future of Nuclear Energy Research: A Twenty-year Outlook
Department of Energy (Oct 2008, Draft)

Required Assets for a Nuclear Energy Applied R&D Program Idaho National Laboratory (Sep 2008, Draft)

Nuclear Energy for the Future, Required Research and Development Capabilities, An Industry Perspective Battelle (Sep 2008)

A Sustainable Energy Future: The Essential Role of Nuclear Energy
Directors of DOE National Laboratories (Aug 2008)

Nuclear Energy for the Future, Executive Recommendations for R&D Capabilities
Battelle (Jul 2008)

Report on Proliferation Implications of the Global Expansion of Civil Nuclear Power
International Security Advisory Board (Apr 2008)

Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global Access to Nuclear Power
Congressional Research Service (2008)

Review of DOE's Nuclear Energy Research and Development Program
National Academies Press (2008)

Nuclear Power Joint Fact-Finding
The Keystone Center (2007)

The Economic Future of Nuclear Power, A Study Conducted at The University of Chicago (2004)

The Future of Nuclear Power, An Interdisciplinary MIT Study Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2003)