Project Grant 31310021M0001

The University of Texas at Arlington received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct high fidelity experiments and simulations of heat pipe performance under steady-state, transient, and accident conditions from September 2021 through September 2024. This award supports research under the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA #77.008), which provides funding for nuclear-related research, as well as undergraduate...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135), provides $3,648,906 to SRI International to develop a "Printed Microreactor for Renewable Energy Enabled Fuel Production (PRIME-FUEL)." This advanced microreactor system will convert carbon dioxide to methanol using intermittent renewable energy while maintaining high yields through more isothermal operation. SRI International is collaborating with...

This $640,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy through the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) supports nuclear energy safety analysis and fuel performance modeling at the University of Tennessee from October 2021 through September 2024. The University will perform safety analysis of high-burnup fuel for a Westinghouse 4-loop pressurized water reactor, encompassing normal operation, anticipated operational...

This $600,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA #81.121) funds research at the University of California, Berkeley to establish standardized testing methodologies and guidelines for assessing the degradation of nuclear fuel pebbles under extreme reactor conditions. The University will develop compression, hardness, and three-point bend tests on fuel pebble samples and deposit testing data in a common...

This $449,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the University of Houston System to advance reactor design and catalyst development for partial oxidation reactions. The key objectives are to: Investigate dynamic reactor performance by combining catalyst synthesis/characterization, transient kinetic studies, and reactor modeling to understand the impact of oxygen speciation and reactivity on reactor performance....

The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $2,499,220 Project Grant under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) to Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The grant supports university-led research and development initiatives focused on advancing nuclear energy technology, including maintaining existing reactors, developing advanced reactor designs, securing the nuclear fuel cycle, and expanding international nuclear energy cooperation....

High Energy Metals, Inc. received a $199,912 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to support research and development of explosively bonding corrosion resistant bimetallic materials for liquid-cooled, high temperature reactor systems. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic...

The University of Tennessee received a $1,250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) to conduct comprehensive research, development, and demonstration initiatives to advance nuclear energy science and technology. The funding will support a multi-year project focused on understanding the thermomechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of TRISO nuclear fuel particles under simulated reactor operating and...

This $458,773 National Science Foundation project grant in the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds research at the University of Minnesota from June 2022 to May 2027 to develop a new framework for understanding pool boiling and its role in predicting critical heat flux. The framework aims to enable real-time assessment of safety margins as surfaces degrade, promoting adoption of advanced heat transfer techniques while providing better fundamental understanding of boiling phenomena. As part...