Project Grant DESC0023932

Numat Technologies, Inc. was awarded a $199,966 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research on the continuous synthesis of metal-organic frameworks for xenon capture. The project is being conducted under 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 and economic security. Specifically, Numat Technologies...

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $199,977 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop the PLATYPUS wireless multi-sensor platform for dry spent fuel cask monitoring. The platform will incorporate multiple sensors to remotely monitor conditions of dry cask storage systems for spent nuclear fuel. Dynasil Corporation of America is the parent organization of Radiation Monitoring...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $300,000 to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to collaborate with NASA Ames Research Center on developing new porous sorbents for low-pressure carbon dioxide (CO2) capture. The goal is to engineer defects in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to increase their CO2 adsorption capacity at low pressures, which will enable more effective CO2 capture and storage...

This $255,999 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) program will support Stochastic Research Technologies LLC in developing novel adsorbents for removing naturally occurring radionuclide materials (NORM) from fracking-produced water. The company will utilize computational modeling methods and computer-aided molecular design to generate improved clay-based adsorbents for selectively removing 99% or more of NORM contamination from concentrated produced and...

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $1.3 million Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science to develop organic glass scintillators for nuclear physics experiments from February 2021 through April 2024. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Radiation Monitoring Devices will...

This federal Project Grant award of $900,000.00 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) to the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) on August 1, 2024. The primary focus of the research project is on metal-loaded zeolites as effective and mechanically robust iodine sorbents for nuclear applications. UNR has issued a $342,000 sub-award to the Missouri University of Science &...

This SBIR Phase I grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) provides $275,000 to Genalpha Nuclear Technologies LLC to develop a metal foam-based neutron sensor for advanced nuclear reactor instrumentation. The project aims to create a sensor that can withstand the harsh, high-temperature and radiation-intensive environments of next-generation nuclear reactors. This novel sensor technology could have broader...

Tetramer Technologies LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research and development activities focused on metal organic framework manufacturing technology. The period of performance for this award is June 27, 2022 through June 26, 2023. The award is being provided under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform...

Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. was awarded a $177,797.22 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 18, 2020 to develop HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SEGMENTED LIINSE2 DETECTORS. The funding supported the completion of this work by November 17, 2020 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049). The Office of Science Program aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Tetramer Technologies LLC a $203,946 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a continuous, cost-effective Kr (krypton) Xe (xenon) capture process for nuclear fuel reprocessing. This 9-month award, starting on July 10, 2023 and ending on April 9, 2024, will support Tetramer's research and development efforts to advance materials science and manufacturing capabilities for this critical...