U.S. Department of Energy, Savannah River Operations Office, Contracts Management Division, P.O. Box A, Aiken, South Carolina 29802

A -- HYDROGEN STORAGE DEVICE POC Douglas Rabold, Telephone 803-725-4185 E-MAIL: Click here to contact Douglas Raybold via e-mail, douglas.rabold@srs.gov. This is a special notice being issued by Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC), management and operating contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina. The purpose of this notice is to determine public interest in the possible partnering with the SRS and other parties for prototyping and eventual manufacture for commercial sale of a technology called the Hydrogen Storage Device. This partnering may be in the form of a license, a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, a joint proposal for government-sponsored funding opportunities, or other appropriate arrangements. Developed at SRS, this technology is a device and methodology for using metal hydrides to absorb, store, and desorb hydrogen. The metal hydride storage system is safe, compact, reliable, and efficient. The technology has potential applications in various markets, including transportation, remote and alternate energy storage, and hydrogen storage and transport. Respondents will be provided with a technical brief and instructions for preparing and submitting a plan for pursuing technology development. Responses to this notice must be received by November 22, 1997. Technology development plans must be submitted no later than December 22, 1997. For more information, please contact Douglas Rabold by telephone at 803-725-4185; by fax at 803-725-4988; by e-mail at douglas.rabold@srs.gov; or by mail at Westinghouse Savannah River Company, ATTN: Douglas Rabold, Building 773-41A, Aiken, SC 29808. This is not a request for proposals; it is a request for Expressions of Interest only. (0302)

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