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Highlights of FY 2006 budget request

The Bush Administration has forwarded its FY 2006 budget submission to Congress for consideration. Highlights within the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology include (comparison of FY 2005 appropriated v. the 2006 request):

  FY 2005 FY 2006
  (in thousands)
University Reactor Infrastructure and Education Assistance 24,000 24,000
Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization 2,500 0
Nuclear Energy Research Initiative 2,500 0
Nuclear Power 2010 50,000 56,000
Generation IV 40,000 45,000
Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative 9,000 20,000
Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative 68,000 70,000
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (Yucca Mountain)
(derived from both defense and civilian nuclear waste disposal accounts)
572,000 651,000

Details of the specific program activities in FY 2005 and 2006 can be found at www.energy.gov.
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