FY2004 Energy and Water Appropriations Conference complete

November 10, 2003, 8:19pm CST

House and Senate conferees on the FY 2004 Energy and Water Appropriations bill have completed work on the conference report. It is expected to be sent to the President for his signature by November 21, following adoption by each chamber.

Highlights of the bill include:

$23.5 million for the University Reactor and Fuel Assistance program, an increase of $5 million over the budget request;

$3 million for the Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization program;

$11 million for the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative;

$44 million for Nuclear Energy Technologies ($20 million for Nuclear Power 2010 and $24 million for Generation IV activities; of the $24 million for Gen. IV, $15 million is directed to be used to initiate the research, development and design work for the advanced reactor hydrogen co-generation project at the Idaho National Laboratory);

$6.5 million for the nuclear hydrogen initiative;

$68 million for the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative;

$580 million for Nuclear Waste Disposal activities (Yucca Mountain);

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FY2004 Energy and Water Appropriations Conference complete