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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 of $500,000 from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) supports confirmatory testing and analysis of vessel cooling systems to enable design certifications for advanced nuclear reactors. The award was granted to the University of New Mexico (UNM) and will be performed at their Albuquerque, NM campus over a 3-year period from September 2024 to September 2027. This research project aligns with the NRC...

This Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) will fund large-scale soil-structure-fluid interaction testing and analysis to enhance seismic risk assessment models of advanced reactor designs. The award was granted to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, operating through the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), which is a state-controlled higher education institution...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) provides $482,592.00 to Purdue University to develop a novel Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) model for advanced nuclear reactors. The project aims to enhance nuclear safety and security assessments for emerging reactor designs. This 3-year award, effective March 8, 2024, supports Purdue University's research and modeling...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) provides $500,000.00 to North Carolina State University (NC State) to develop guidelines and benchmarks for the regulatory assessment of autonomous visual data collection and monitoring of operations and maintenance. The project aims to support the NRC's mission in cultivating a capable nuclear workforce and advancing nuclear safety and regulatory...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Auburn University on September 28, 2021 to establish the regulatory basis for qualifying laser additive manufactured stainless steel for nuclear applications. The project will complete on September 27, 2024. Under the grant, Auburn University is conducting a high-throughput approach to qualify laser additive manufactured stainless steel, with Purdue University and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees)...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) awarded a $821,179 Project Grant to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) on Jun 14, 2024. The grant funds a 4-year project titled "Fostering Next Generation Nuclear Force at Rensselaer" that supports nuclear science, engineering, and workforce development research and education at RPI. The project leverages RPI's expertise in areas such as advanced materials, computational...

This $499,517 project grant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) supports non-dimensional analysis of density-wave instabilities and dryout-rewet cycles during an anticipated transient without scram (ATWS) event at nuclear power plants. Awarded on March 15, 2021 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA #77.008), the grant will fund research through March 14, 2024. Sub-awards totaling $99,903.40 were...

This SBIR Phase I grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) provides $275,000 to Genalpha Nuclear Technologies LLC to develop a metal foam-based neutron sensor for advanced nuclear reactor instrumentation. The project aims to create a sensor that can withstand the harsh, high-temperature and radiation-intensive environments of next-generation nuclear reactors. This novel sensor technology could have broader...

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute received a $200,000 project grant award from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to enable the strong growth of its Nuclear Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship Program. The award was provided under the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) from March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2023. This program provides funding for undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, and trade school and community college scholarships...