[Federal Register: November 25, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 227)]
[Notices]
[Page 66084]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Number DE-PS07-04ID14435]
Nuclear Power 2010 Program--New Nuclear Power Plant Licensing
Demonstration Projects
AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office (NE-ID), U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation inviting cooperative agreement
applications.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking applications
for financial assistance from power generation companies or teams led
by power generation companies for projects that enable a new nuclear
power plant to be ordered and licensed for deployment in the United
States within the decade. For the purposes of this solicitation,
project applications are sought which implement a power generation
company plan of activities leading to a combined Construction and
Operating License (COL) for a new nuclear power plant. The plan is
expected to address power generation company activities for design
completion of a standardized advanced reactor plant, preparation and
submission of a COL application and support of NRC review and hearings
associated with the application. For conduct of these projects, DOE
encourages innovative business arrangements, such as consortia among
power generation companies, plant owners/operators, reactor vendors,
architect engineers and constructors with strong and common commitment
to build and operate new nuclear power plants in the United States.
DATES: The issuance date of Solicitation Number DE-PS07-04ID14435 will
be on November 19, 2003. Applications may be submitted at any time
during the open solicitation period, December 20, 2003, through
December 31, 2004. Applications will be evaluated as they are received.
Merit selection and the issuance of an award may occur anytime during
the application acceptance timeframe. Merit selection activities will
take approximately six to eight weeks after DOE has received the
initial technical application. Issuance of an award is expected to be
complete approximately ten weeks after selection. A pre-bid submission
briefing for all interested parties has been scheduled on December 11,
2003. This meeting will be held at the Residence Inn located on 550
Army Navy Drive in Arlington, Virginia, phone number: 703-413-6630. The
meeting will begin at 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The solicitation in its full text will be available on the
Internet at the following URL address: http://e-center.doe.gov. The
Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) provides the medium for
disseminating solicitations, receiving financial assistance
applications and evaluating the applications in a paperless
environment. Completed applications are required to be submitted via
IIPS. An IIPS ``User Guide for Contractors'' can be obtained on the
IIPS Homepage and then clicking on the ``Help'' button. Questions
regarding the operation of IIPS may be e-mailed to the IIPS Help Desk at IIPS_HelpDesk@e-center.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Layne Isom, Contract Specialist, isomla@id.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Applications are limited to power companies
or teams led by power companies and plant owners/operators with
appropriate participation from reactor vendors, other suppliers,
architect-engineers and constructors. A fifty percent (50%) minimum
industry cost share, consisting of contributions from power generation
companies and other participants, is required over the life of the
cooperative agreements for all projects. Industry cost share may be
provided as cash or as in-kind cost share. Industry cost share may not
include other federal funding. In-kind cost share must directly relate
to the scope of the specific project. It is anticipated that FY 2004
appropriations for Nuclear Power 2010 activities would contain
sufficient funds to make up to $15,000,000 available to fund the first
year of the effort anticipated by this solicitation. Subsequent year
funding will depend upon future appropriations. The statutory authority
for this program is section 31 of the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C.
2051.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number for this
program is 81.121, Nuclear Energy Research, Development and
Demonstration.
Issued in Idaho Falls on November 19, 2003.
Michael L. Adams,
Acting Director, Procurement Services Division.
[FR Doc. 03-29402 Filed 11-24-03; 8:45 am]
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