Project Grant DESC0021728

The Department of Energy awarded the University of Tennessee a $3.2 million cooperative agreement from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027 under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA #81.121). The award will support research into innovative nuclear energy programs including the design and testing of new operator interfaces incorporating human factors for reliable hybrid plant operations. It will also fund the analysis of appropriate response procedures for...

This $640,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy through the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) supports nuclear energy safety analysis and fuel performance modeling at the University of Tennessee from October 2021 through September 2024. The University will perform safety analysis of high-burnup fuel for a Westinghouse 4-loop pressurized water reactor, encompassing normal operation, anticipated operational...

This $203,143 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports the development of advanced computing capabilities to enable boiling water reactor lifetime extensions at Veracity Nuclear, LLC. The funding will advance Veracity Nuclear's work on high-performance computing solutions, machine learning applications, and sophisticated software tools for nuclear reactor core simulation, optimization, and analysis. Key...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) to North Carolina State University (NC State). The award, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, supports a research project titled "Hi-Fidelity Characterization of Molten Salt - Graphite Pore Interactions through Experiments and Embedded Modeling." The project involves experimental and modeling work to...

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....

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 three-year, $640,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) will support Purdue University's Nuclear Energy University Programs Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research efforts through September 2025. As part of its mission to resolve technical challenges to advancing nuclear energy through research, the award will fund Purdue's work investigating the mechanical response and chemical effects at the...

This $600,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the NRC Scholarship and Fellowship Program (CFDA 77.008), supports research to evaluate the scalability of dose-based siting boundaries for multi-unit advanced reactor plants using a consequence-driven physical security-informed framework. The prime awardee, Georgia Tech Research Corp, will lead the project. Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) will contribute by developing source terms...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,913 Project Grant to Pittsburgh Technical LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop a cost estimation tool for advanced reactor production, deployment, and operations. This grant is funded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports fundamental scientific research across multiple disciplines to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities. The project...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $1,262,150.02 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop "An Open Source Nuclear Modeling Ecosystem to Support Fusion Pilot Plant Design". The award, granted under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), will fund a one-year project starting on September 1, 2024 and concluding on August 31, 2025. The grant supports fundamental and applied research to advance U.S....