Project Grant DESC0025110

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 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 Science has awarded a $206,500 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Veracity Nuclear, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company specializing in advanced nuclear technologies, computational methods, and software development. The grant, with a period of performance from July 22, 2024 to May 21, 2025, is for the project "OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH BURNUP LIGHT WATER REACTOR CORES WITHIN FUEL PERFORMANCE...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $206,500 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Veracity Nuclear, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Lenoir City, Tennessee. The grant supports the development of a "PRODUCTION-CLASS HIGH FIDELITY NUCLEAR REACTOR SIMULATION LEVERAGING ADVANCED COMPUTING LIBRARIES" over the period of February 18, 2025 to December 17, 2025. Veracity Nuclear, LLC specializes in...

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...

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...

The 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. This award, funded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in areas like...

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...

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....

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...