NEW COMPETITIVE AGREEMENT, WITH UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UNDER FOA NUMBER DE-FOA-0002530 (ONWARDS) WITH PROJECT TITLE ''TRAVELING MOLTEN ZONE REFINING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FOR INNOVATIVE FUEL CYCLE SOLUTIONS'' THROUGH THE PROPOSED PROJECT, UTAH ANTICIPATE CONFIRMING THE EXPECTED PHASE BEHAVIOR AND DEVELOP A THERMAL TREATMENT PROCESS TO RAPIDLY EXTRACT ACTINIDES FROM SPENT METALLIC FUELS. THE PRIME APPARATUS FOR BOTH PURPOSES IS A TRAVELING MOLTEN ZONE SYSTEM WITH INDUCTION HEATING. UTAH ENVISION THAT ONE RAPID PASS OF THE MOLTEN ZONE FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP OF THE METALLIC ROD INCORPORATING SPECIES OF SPENT METALLIC FUELS SHOULD PRODUCE THE EXPECTED IMMISCIBLE LAYER FORMATION AND PROVIDE SPECIES PARTITIONING DATA EFFECTIVELY AND CLEANLY. IT WILL ALSO DEMONSTRATE AN ACTINIDE EXTRACTION PROCESS BY CONCENTRATING THE IMPURITIES AT THE TOP SEGMENT OF THE ROD AND LEAVING THE ACTINIDE SPECIES BEHIND AS THE BULK ROD.