NEW COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY UNDER DE-FOA-00002459 (OPEN 2021) AND CONTROL NUMBER 2459-2951. PROJECT TITLE: NON-NEUTRON TRANSMUTATION OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR A TRANSFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR LONG-LIVED FISSION PRODUCT (LLFP) TRANSMUTATION USING INCIDENT NON-NEUTRON PARTICLES SUCH AS ENERGETIC PHOTONS AND PROTONS. THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY COULD SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE DISPOSAL IMPACTS OF THE RECOVERED WASTES FROM USED NUCLEAR FUELS BY ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR A GEOLOGIC-TIME-SCALE REPOSITORY IN WHICH NUCLEAR WASTES HAVE TO BE INTERRED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND TO MILLION YEARS.