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Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $1.3 million Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science to develop organic glass scintillators for nuclear physics experiments from February 2021 through April 2024. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Radiation Monitoring Devices will...

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...

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....

Vega Wave Systems Inc. received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a real-time, radiation-hardened video system for operational monitoring in nuclear reactor vessels. The system will allow for visual inspection and monitoring inside nuclear reactors to advance the Department of Energy Office of Science's mission of delivering scientific discoveries and tools to...

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $177,797.22 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 18, 2020 to develop HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SEGMENTED LIINSE2 DETECTORS. The funding supported the completion of this work by November 17, 2020 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049). The Office of Science Program aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $206,500 Project Grant to Vega Wave Systems Inc., a small disadvantaged, for-profit business located in West Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of the grant is to fund the development of radiation-hardened robotics and video technologies for inspecting nuclear reactor systems within the biological shield. Vega Wave Systems specializes in advanced robotic and video technologies for high-radiation environments, particularly within nuclear...

Vega Wave Systems Inc. received a $206,500 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop a three-dimensional, ultra-radiation-hardened video system for nuclear power plant inspection. The project is being conducted in West Chicago, Illinois 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 competitiveness....

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...

This $397,005 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program supports the development, building, and commissioning of a modular, next-generation fast neutron detector array at Augustana College. The new detector, based on plastic scintillator and silicon photomultipliers, will significantly improve the precision of neutron detection and position measurement compared to current designs. This enhanced detector capability will enable more precise...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $249,988 Project Grant to Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. (RMD) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a modular neutron detector array for protein crystallography beam lines. The funding will support RMD's work to advance specialized radiation detection instrumentation and systems to enable cutting-edge scientific research. RMD, a leading provider of radiation detection technologies,...