Overview of AFCI Transmutation Engineering Activities

The Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI) is a key part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology (DOE-NE) research and development program that is addressing the challenges of the 2005 Energy Policy Act. The DOE-NE effort also includes the Nuclear Power 2010 Program, the Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative, the Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative, and the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative. Working together these programs will develop and demonstrate technologies to: • Support the expansion of nuclear energy in the United States • Effectively manage radioactive waste • Reduce the threat of nuclear material misuse • Enhance national security