Seeks to provide the nuclear community with access to the technical, regulatory, and financial support necessary to move innovative nuclear energy technologies toward commercialization.
Offers high-resolution computer modeling of aging nuclear reactor equipment. By modeling how extending the life of a reactor impacts the materials it's composed of, VERA can help determine the safe conditions at which plant life can be extended.
Included the National Highway Freight Program (which funds infrastructure investments directly) and the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects Program (which provides projects with other forms of grants or credit assistance).
Provides investment in road, rail, transit and port projects. Congress has dedicated nearly $7.1 billion for ten rounds of National Infrastructure Investments to fund projects that have a significant local or regional impact.
The Department of Transportation and Federal Railroad Administration maintain resources on positive train control, including relevant regulations, technical standards, grants, and implementation status across the nation’s rail lines.
The Federal Railroad Administration has published a report estimating that electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) braking technology would reduce locomotive fuel use 5% to 10%.
Allowing EPA to set emissions standards for new locomotives, including subsection (a)(5) exempting locomotives from the endangerment finding process required to set emissions standards for other nonroad vehicles.
EPA's 2005 report proposed heavy-duty Diesel vehicle modal emission modeling framework for heavy-duty diesel-powered trucks and buses.