The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees was awarded a $249,970 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Program (CFDA 81.121). The grant will support the university's research efforts to advance nuclear energy science and technology in the United States. The funding will enable UCF to conduct comprehensive research initiatives aimed at maintaining existing nuclear reactor capabilities,...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Florida International University a $320,000 cooperative agreement from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024 under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The award will support Florida International University's Nuclear Energy University Programs Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research efforts. As part of DOE's program to promote nuclear energy through research addressing technical, cost, safety, security and...
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...
This $855,000 Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The funding supports research by Oregon State University to advance the understanding of fission gas release mechanisms in uranium dioxide (UO2) nuclear fuel, including studies on doped UO2 materials. The project involves a sub-award to the University of Florida to conduct complementary mechanistic...
This $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008) supports a range of educational and research initiatives at the University of Florida (UF) over a 3-year period from June 2024 to June 2027. The key products and services to be delivered include: Undergraduate and graduate scholarships, as well as trade school and community college scholarships, to help develop a capable nuclear workforce....
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy awarded Utah State University a $803,000 Project Grant under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The 3-year grant, which commenced on October 1, 2023, will fund research, development, and demonstration activities to advance nuclear energy science and technology. Key products and services to be delivered through this award include feasibility studies, modeling, prototype development, and...
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 $820,000 Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University, under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration (CFDA 81.121) federal grant program. This three-year grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026, supports Stony Brook University's efforts to advance nuclear energy science and technology through...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $900,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration (CFDA 81.121) program. The grant, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026, will fund research, development, and demonstration activities aimed at advancing nuclear energy science and technology to meet U.S. energy, environmental, and national security needs. Key focus areas...
This $920,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) supports nuclear energy research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The funding, which has an award date of August 1, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027, will enable the university to conduct comprehensive research initiatives aimed at maintaining existing nuclear reactor capabilities, developing advanced...