Cooperative Agreement DEAR0001271

The NK Labs, LLC federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program is focused on advancing the development of active target technology for muon-catalyzed fusion energy. The $500,000 award, granted on Sep 22, 2023, aims to develop a design with further reduced beam energy per muon to strengthen the case for the feasibility of power production using muon-catalyzed fusion. This 2-year project supports ARPA-E's mission to...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $3,288,000.00 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to rapidly generate high-fidelity data on irradiated materials for accelerating solutions for commercial fusion energy systems. The award term runs from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026. The project, titled "FIRE COLLABORATIVE: RAPID HIGH-FIDELITY BULK IRRADIATED MATERIALS DATA...

The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $680,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025 under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA #81.121). The award will support the Nuclear Energy University Programs Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research project being led by the University of Kentucky in partnership with the University of New Mexico and Los...

Muons Inc. was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop Affordable, Efficient Injection Locked Magnetrons for Superconducting Cavities. The project aims to deliver new magnetron technology to support the Office of Science's mission of transforming our understanding of nature and advancing U.S. energy and economic security through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, Muons Inc. will work to design injection locked...

This Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under the CFDA program 81.135 - Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy. The $499,946 award to Exofusion, Inc. is for the development of novel liquid metal plasma facing component alloys. The project aims to create new materials with tailored properties to optimize core confinement and divertor plasma performance for fusion power plants (FPPs). Specifically, the materials are designed to improve...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $198,147 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Decision Sciences International Corporation in Poway, CA. The grant, with a performance period from July 2023 to April 2024, will support research and development on monitoring the integrity of spent nuclear fuel using muon imaging technology. This project aims to advance scientific understanding and develop techniques to enhance the...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded a $2,347,609.00 Cooperative Agreement to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on January 1, 2025. The "FIRE COLLABORATIVE: ADVANCED PROFILE PREDICTION FOR FUSION PILOT PLANT DESIGN (APP - FPP)" project will be completed by December 31, 2025. This grant supports fundamental scientific research to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative discoveries in fusion energy...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $1,937,084.38 Cooperative Agreement to 3M Company under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The two-year project focuses on developing novel methods for domestic stable isotope production, leveraging 3M's expertise in materials science and manufacturing. The grant supports feasibility studies, modeling, and prototype development to improve the supply of stable isotopes critical...

This is a Cooperative Agreement award from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which is part of the U.S. Department of Energy, under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112). The total funding amount is $2,500,000.00, with an award date of July 1, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2028. The purpose of this award is to enhance the understanding of materials in extreme thermomechanical, chemical, and radiation environments, and to train the next...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy (CFDA 81.121 - Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration) supports comprehensive research initiatives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Pittsburgh focused on advancing nuclear energy science and technology. The key research efforts under this grant include: Computational thermodynamic and diffusional modeling on the Fe-Cr-Al-Mo alloy system to understand the...