Project Grant 31310021M0009

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...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $206,500 Project Grant to Veracity Nuclear, LLC, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), to optimize high burnup light water reactor cores within fuel performance limits. The award, with a performance period from July 2024 to May 2025, will support Veracity Nuclear's work in developing advanced software platforms that enhance nuclear reactor design, performance, and safety, with a particular focus on...

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...

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...

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....

This federal Project Grant award of $1,050,000 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports research on "MURI MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED TWO-PHASE FLOW METROLOGIES, MODELS, AND OPTIMIZED DESIGNS (METHODS)". The award, with a performance period from Aug 1, 2024 to Jul 31, 2027, is being executed by Purdue University, a prominent research university. The grant involves several sub-awards to other institutions,...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $600,000 and made by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008), is supporting research to evaluate the scalability of dose-based siting boundaries for multi-unit advanced reactor plants. The project, led by the Georgia TECH Research Corp, will use a consequence-driven, physical security-informed framework to assess the impact of multi-unit configurations on emergency planning zones and...

The University of Missouri System was awarded a $567,573 Project Grant from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) to conduct research on "Reactive Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Borated Aluminum Alloy 6061 for Nuclear Applications." The three-year project, which began on Sep 13, 2024, aims to develop advanced nuclear engineering capabilities through the fabrication and characterization of borated aluminum alloy...

The University of Tennessee was awarded a $349,522 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA #81.121) to extend benchmark modeling of the HMF71 reactor core configuration with graphite reflector thicknesses up to 18 inches. The University will deliver modeling and analysis results extending an existing benchmark modeling series to thicker graphite reflector configurations, supporting...

The University of Florida, Division of Sponsored Research, was awarded a $799,999 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The purpose of this 36-month award, which began on August 1, 2024, is to develop a new capability for concurrent generation and use of physics-informed Gaussian process surrogate models to enable multiscale and multiphysics modeling for nuclear reactor applications. The project will...