Project Grant DESC0022800

This $600,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA #81.121) funds research at the University of California, Berkeley to establish standardized testing methodologies and guidelines for assessing the degradation of nuclear fuel pebbles under extreme reactor conditions. The University will develop compression, hardness, and three-point bend tests on fuel pebble samples and deposit testing data in a common...

The University of Tennessee received a $1,250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) to conduct comprehensive research, development, and demonstration initiatives to advance nuclear energy science and technology. The funding will support a multi-year project focused on understanding the thermomechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of TRISO nuclear fuel particles under simulated reactor operating and...

This $433,333 Project Grant award to the University of Wisconsin Madison was made by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration (CFDA 81.121) program. The funding supports comprehensive research, development, and demonstration initiatives to advance nuclear energy science and technology in the United States. Specifically, the project aims to harness and extend the success of a previous Nuclear Energy University Programs (NUEP) project...

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 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...

Cerium Laboratories LLC was awarded a $206,400 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop silicon nitride protective coatings for accident tolerant fuels through April 28, 2023. The award is being administered 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. Cerium Laboratories will leverage its...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $199,977 to Sawtooth Simulation, LLC in Idaho Falls, ID to develop a science-based predictive simulation capability for the design and analysis of advanced nuclear fuel concepts operating in a virtual reactor environment. The award period runs from July 22, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The goal of this research project is to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy (CFDA 81.121 - Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration) supports comprehensive research initiatives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Pittsburgh focused on advancing nuclear energy science and technology. The key research efforts under this grant include: Computational thermodynamic and diffusional modeling on the Fe-Cr-Al-Mo alloy system to understand the...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the Stewardship Science Grant Program (CFDA 81.112) provides $300,000.00 to Michigan State University (MSU) to develop advanced models of nuclear fission based on nuclear density functional theory and its time-dependent extensions. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: (1) global calculations of fission yields for use in astrophysical...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $1,250,000 Project Grant to the University of Tennessee to validate detailed and reduced order neutronics capabilities for multiphysics applications to fusion reactor thermal, materials, and blanket design optimization. The award, which runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, is funded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). This research aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national...