The University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign received a $900,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121). The funding will support the University's comprehensive research, development, and demonstration initiatives to advance nuclear energy science and technology in the United States. The project aims to address technical, cost, safety, security, and proliferation resistance challenges in the nuclear energy sector through research activities performed at the University's facilities.
As part of this award, the University of Alabama was issued a $194,283 subaward to conduct research on characterizing irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking in 316 stainless steel baffle-former bolts harvested from commercial pressurized water reactors. This collaborative research project supports the overall goals of the DOE's Nuclear Energy program to maintain existing nuclear reactor capabilities and develop advanced nuclear technologies.
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