Cooperative Agreement DEFC5209NA29626

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $19,800,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to the University of Missouri System to design and construct a 20-megawatt research reactor at the MU NextGen Precision Health Facility. This new reactor will be specifically designed to produce critical short-lived medical radioisotopes for use in diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals. The 3-year project will develop the...

This federal Project Grant award of $900,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) to the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) on August 1, 2024. The primary focus of the research project is on metal-loaded zeolites as effective and mechanically robust iodine sorbents for nuclear applications. UNR has issued a $342,000 sub-award to the Missouri University of Science &...

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...

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...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) to the Georgia Tech Research Corp, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, with a performance period from September 13, 2024 to September 12, 2027. The grant supports research to evaluate the scalability of dose-based siting boundaries for multi-unit advanced reactor plants using a consequence-driven, physical security-informed framework. As...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) provides $4,000,000 to the University of Missouri System to acquire a specialized hot cell for the production of Lutetium-177 (Lu-177). Lu-177 is a radioisotope used in breakthrough cancer treatments, and the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) is currently the sole supplier of Lu-177 in North America. The goal of this project is...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) to North Carolina State University (NC State). The award, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, supports a research project titled "Hi-Fidelity Characterization of Molten Salt - Graphite Pore Interactions through Experiments and Embedded Modeling." The project involves experimental and modeling work to...

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $199,977 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop the PLATYPUS wireless multi-sensor platform for dry spent fuel cask monitoring. The platform will incorporate multiple sensors to remotely monitor conditions of dry cask storage systems for spent nuclear fuel. Dynasil Corporation of America is the parent organization of Radiation Monitoring...

Under this $500,347 cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation on May 24, 2022, Nuscale Power LLC will provide an E2 Center small modular reactor simulator to SNN in Romania. The E2 Center simulator is based on Nuscale's small modular reactor design and will be delivered under the agreement's completion date of December 31, 2023. This award is part of the State Department's Global Threat Reduction program (CFDA 19.033), which...

This $497,321 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission under the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) supports a 3-year research effort led by Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to qualify additively manufactured 316H stainless steel alloys for use in molten salt reactors. The project will leverage a combined high-throughput experimental and simulation approach to characterize the materials properties and...