THIS COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ENTITLED, ''REDUCE: RECOVER ELEMENTS - DESTROY UNDESIRABLES - CREATE ENERGY'' IS AWARDED TO SHINE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC UNDER ARPA-E FOA NUMBER DE-FOA-0003418 (NEWTON) AND CONTROL NUMBER 3418-1502. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO DESIGN, SIMULATE, AND LABORATORY TEST GAME-CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES THAT REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY GENERATION THROUGH THE RECYCLING AND TRANSMUTATION OF UNF. THE PROPOSED APPROACH WILL REDUCE THE VOLUME, LONGEVITY, AND HAZARD LEVEL OF REACTOR WASTE, AND WILL IMPROVE REPROCESSING/TRANSMUTATION ECONOMICS VIA VALUE-ADDED ISOTOPE EXTRACTION AND ENERGY SALES.