Project Grant DESC0020761

Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing, LLC was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to develop structural components with corrosion resistant surface layers for advanced nuclear reactor systems. The grant is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness...

High Energy Metals, Inc. received a $199,912 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to support research and development of explosively bonding corrosion resistant bimetallic materials for liquid-cooled, high temperature reactor systems. The award was made 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...

Nanocoatings Inc. (NCI) was awarded a $249,949 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop wire-arc additive manufacturing and wire-arc thermal spray methods to clad nuclear-reactor materials. The one-year project period runs from February 21, 2023 through February 20, 2024 and will be performed in Rapid City, South Dakota. Under this award, NCI will work to advance additive manufacturing and...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded LM Group Holdings Inc. $199,994 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop amorphous, corrosion-resistant coatings for storage canister. LM Group Holdings will provide products and services related to amorphous metal coatings and manufacturing of bulk metallic glass laminate composites and cladded surfaces using ultrasonic additive manufacturing. The period of performance is from June 28, 2021 to August 26,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) will support research at Iowa State University on the development, characterization, and performance evaluation of surface engineered additively manufactured parts for nuclear reactor applications. Specifically, the university will utilize a laser-based directed energy deposition process to fabricate metallic parts from Nitronic 60 stainless steel, a material used in nuclear reactor...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) awarded a $567,573 Project Grant (CFDA 77.008) to the University of Missouri System to conduct research on the reactive laser powder bed fusion of borated aluminum alloy 6061 for nuclear applications. The 3-year award, with a completion date of September 12, 2027, aims to develop advanced materials and manufacturing techniques that support the design, construction, and safe operation of nuclear facilities. As part of this grant, the University of...

This $270,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to evaluate the susceptibility of two alternative candidate materials to stress corrosion cracking (SRC) compared to the previously developed susceptibility map for 347H stainless steel. The project will assess the materials' SRC susceptibility as a function of microstructure,...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, provided under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded $200,000.00 to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) to develop a low-cost, high-volume, and durable coating method for bipolar plates. The project aims to be completed by April 9, 2024. Additionally, ACT has subcontracted the University of South Carolina to provide characterization of the bipolar plate coating through...

This $222,754 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will fund research at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to investigate the synergistic effects of irradiation and molten salt corrosion on nickel-chromium (NiCr) alloys. The overarching objectives are to advance the fundamental understanding of molten salt corrosion mechanisms and the interaction between...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $449,100 Block Grant to Foundation Alloy Technology Explorations, Inc. on September 19, 2023. The funding supports the development of a new class of nanostructured alloys specifically engineered for powder metallurgy-based processing through 3D printing and sintering. The project aims to enable resilient and secure domestic supply chains for critical reactor components by leveraging novel materials...