Purchase Order NNX15CC62P
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- This is a $747,651 SBIR Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp (Usnc) to develop passive reactor criticality control technology for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems. The goal is to simplify the control of NTP systems and increase their performance during operation, by employing advanced burnable neutron poisons, tuning the hydrogen density, and enhancing the fuel temperature reactivity feedback mechanism. The contract will fund the development of an NTP transient...
- This is a $114,226 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp (Usnc) for the development of an accident-tolerant reactor shut-down system for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems. The goal is to ensure sub-criticality in the event of a water submersion accident, which is a crucial issue for NTP systems. Usnc will develop an enhanced control drum design with added fuel to significantly...
- This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The $124,589.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for Phase I research and development of technologies to minimize the amount of hydrogen needed for decay heat removal in nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems after reactor shutdown. USNC's proposed solution aims to maximize the...
- This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation - Technologies (USNC-Space), a for-profit company that specializes in advanced nuclear technologies for space applications. The $149,912.00 contract is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I demonstration of affordable in-space dynamic radioisotope power conversion. The work will be performed in Seattle, Washington...
- This SBIR Phase II contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will support the development of a decay heat solution for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) systems. The goal is to significantly reduce the amount of hydrogen required to cool down an NTP system after operation. The prime contractor is Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation - Technologies (Usnc-Space), a small business that specializes in advanced nuclear technologies for space applications. The contract...
- This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp (USNC) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of USNC's "Accident Submersion Safe Drums," which are control drums that incorporate a small amount of fuel opposite the neutron absorber to substantially increase the shutdown criticality margin in the event of water submersion...
- Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation - Technologies (USNC-Space) has been awarded a $124,844 firm fixed price definitive contract for ultrahigh-temperature material property testing above 2000 degrees Celsius in vacuum and hot hydrogen environments. The contract is associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I solicitation and has a total small business set aside designation. Under the contract, USNC-Space will...
- This is a $120,677 firm fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation - Technologies (USNC-Space), a small business contractor, for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project on "Next Generation Insulator for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) Moderators". The contract is for research and development of advanced insulator materials for nuclear thermal propulsion systems,...
- This federal contract award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation - Technologies (USNC-Space), a for-profit advanced nuclear technology company. The $124,592.39 grant funds research and development of a compact, radioisotope-electric-propulsion spacecraft design powered by a novel chargeable atomic battery (CAB) capable of delta-V speeds over 100 km/s with a power system specific mass of 5-8 kg/kWe. The...
- This Phase 3 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) to further develop their Transient Analysis Code, TRICORDER, to meet the additional needs of NASA's Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) program. The objective is to enable passive reactivity control technology to be incorporated into future NTP cores. This $249,999.00 Firm Fixed Price contract builds on USNC's prior Phase...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp (Usnc), a for-profit advanced nuclear technology company. The objective of this $123,521 Firm Fixed Price contract is to investigate passive technology that will enable criticality control of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) reactor during operation, with the goal of minimizing the need for mechanical movement of the control drums. The research aims to study passive reactor design features that can mitigate the effects of Xenon-135, a dominant fission product that contributes to reactivity transients in moderated NTP reactors. This work supports NASA's efforts to develop simplified and improved NTP systems for space exploration. The contract has a completion date of December 17, 2015 and is designated as a Small Business set-aside.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| 1 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 7/15/15 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $123.5k | 5/26/15 |