Project Grant 31310021M0038

This federal Project Grant award of $559,250.00 was provided by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The funding supports a research project titled "PREDICTION AND UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT OF IRRADIATED FUELED FLUORIDE MOLTEN SALT THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND THERMAL HYDRAULIC RESPONSE FOR MSR LICENSING" with a performance period from November 29, 2024 to November 28,...

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 $400,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) provides funding for the "VCU Nuclear Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program 2024-2028" (VCUNEF) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) from June 15, 2024 to June 14, 2028. The grant supports research, education, and workforce development activities in nuclear science, engineering, and related technical disciplines. Specifically, the...

The federal Project Grant award ID 31310024M0042 was provided by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to fund the VCU Nuclear Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship Program. The $218,373 award has a performance period from June 14, 2024 to June 13, 2027. The primary purpose of this grant is to support research, education, and workforce development in nuclear science, engineering, and...

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) was awarded a $118,022 Project Grant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Central Office under the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Minority Serving Institutions Program (MSIP). The MSIP aims to fund nuclear and STEM-related minority serving programs, activities, projects, symposiums and training for the exchange and transfer of knowledge and skills relevant to nuclear safety, security, and regulatory policy and practices. Under this award, VCU...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $882,615 Project Grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) on August 1, 2024. The grant funding supports a 3-year research project focused on developing a benchmark model for a near real-time radionuclide composition measurement system using microcalorimetry for advanced nuclear reactors. As part of this grant, VCU will collaborate with the University of Florida...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $560,000 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, will support research on interface-resolved experimental and numerical studies of two-phase flow for nuclear engineering applications. This work aims to advance nuclear energy science and technology by...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $225,483 project grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The grant funding will support the acquisition and deployment of a novel optical spectroscopy system to enhance VCU's advanced materials research and education capabilities. The project aims to advance nuclear energy science and technology by developing improved analytical instrumentation and techniques...

This $800,000 Project Grant was awarded on August 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The grant was awarded to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct comprehensive research initiatives aimed at maintaining existing nuclear reactor capabilities, developing advanced reactor technologies, securing the nuclear fuel cycle, and...

This $704,136 Project Grant award from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) supports the "USE OF HYBRID TOOLS TO MODEL RISKS OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER REACTOR TECHNOLOGIES UNDER A CHANGING CLIMATE" at the University of Maryland, College Park over a 3-year period from Mar 2024 to Mar 2027. The project aims to develop advanced modeling and simulation tools to assess the risks of next-generation nuclear reactor technologies in the...