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NSUF awards 19 Rapid Turnaround Experiments

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - RTE

<figure class="pull-right" style="width:321px;margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"></figure>The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy awarded 19 Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) projects Sept. 23. The 2024 third call RTE awards, totaling approximately $1 million, were granted to 19 principal investigators from different institutions including universities and industry. Each project supports the advancement of nuclear energy.  <o:p></o:p>These RTE projects aim to enhance the understanding of material behavior under irradiation, which is crucial for the development of more resilient materials for nuclear applications. Research topics covered in this call include irradiation effects on high entropy carbide ceramics, multi-principal element alloys, zirconium alloys, reactor pressure vessel steels, steel cladding, ceramic-based wasteforms and structural characterization of irradiated metallic fuels.    <o:p></o:p>2024 third call RTE award recipients<o:p></o:p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:31.85pt"> <td width="16" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background: #07519E;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:31.85pt"> PI Name<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" style="width:56.1pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left: none;background:#07519E;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:31.85pt"> Institution<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left: none;background:#07519E;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:31.85pt"> Project Title<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1;height:53.0pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:53.0pt"> Robert Aughterson<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:53.0pt"> Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:53.0pt"> Natural zirconolites and pyrochlores as test cases for wasteform matrices<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2;height:29.45pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Rijul Chauhan<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Texas A&M University<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> High-throughput ion irradiation approach for temperature-dependent swelling measurement in additively manufactured 316L alloy<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:3;height:29.45pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Caleb Clement<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Westinghouse Electric Company <o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Unveiling long-term irradiation and thermal aging effects on solute segregation in commercial reactor pressure boundary material<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:4;height:29.45pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Kenneth Cooper<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Texas A&M University<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Comparative analysis of Hastelloy X and 316L stainless steel under simultaneous irradiation and corrosion for advanced reactor applications<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:5;height:.3in"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.3in"> Jake Fay<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.3in"> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.3in"> Nano indentation hardness of U10Zr<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:6;height:27.35pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:27.35pt"> Lucia Rebeca Gomez Hurtado<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:27.35pt"> North Carolina State University<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:27.35pt"> In situ TEM study of microstructural evolution and deformation in FFTF irradiated HT-9 cladding<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:7;height:32.65pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:32.65pt"> Zhihan Hu<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:32.65pt"> Texas A&M University<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:32.65pt"> Formation and dissolution of carbides and precipitates in self-ion irradiated HT9 alloy, and the impact on its mechanical properties <o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:8;height:29.45pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Djamel Kaoumi<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> North Carolina State University<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Probing the effect of specific chemical elements on the irradiation-induced defects formation and evolution in multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) at high temperatures<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:9;height:29.45pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Elizabeth Kautz<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> North Carolina State University<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Visualizing the impact of irradiation damage on alloy element redistribution accompanying Zr alloy corrosion via atom probe tomography<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:10;height:23.8pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:23.8pt"> Xingyu Liu<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:23.8pt"> Pennsylvania State University<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:23.8pt"> Investigating effect of dose rate on microstructure evolution in 800H alloy at high doses<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:11;height:29.45pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Junliang Liu<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> University of Wisconsin-Madison<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> In situ TEM study of irradiation effects in zirconium oxides<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:12;height:29.45pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Korukonda Murty<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> North Carolina State University<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Mechanical and microstructural characterization of neutron irradiated ultra-fine-grained and conventional ferritic steel<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:13;height:29.45pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Bao-Phong Nguyen<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> University of Florida<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> In situ TEM nanomechanical testing of neutron irradiated U-10Zr<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:14;height:19.4pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:19.4pt"> Jeffrey Poehler<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:19.4pt"> Nuclear Regulatory Commission<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:19.4pt"> Microstructural characterization of pressurized water reactor harvested core barrel weld materials<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:15;height:29.45pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Allison Probert<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> University of Florida<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Irradiation effects on thermal conductivity and phase evolution in low burnup U-10Pu-10Zr<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:16;height:29.45pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Caleb Schenck<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> North Carolina State University<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Investigating ion irradiation at high temperatures on high entropy carbide ceramics using correlative positron annihilation spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:17;height:29.45pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Mary Sevart<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> University of Florida<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Quantification of radial constituent redistribution in annular U-10Zr irradiated fuel using EPMA<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:18;height:29.45pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> James Stubbins<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> TEM determination of dislocation structure formation at 4% tensile deformation in a neutron irradiated Fe-9Cr model alloy<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:19;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:29.45pt"> <td width="16" nowrap="" style="width:11.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Peng Wang<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="75" nowrap="" style="width:56.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> University of Michigan-Ann Arbor<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="499" style="width:374.1pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:29.45pt"> Nanostructural analysis of cold-sprayed Cr-coated Zircaloy-4 under proton irradiation and corrosion<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>NSUF competitively selected these projects from a pool of quality submitted RTE proposals. The proposals were evaluated on a variety of factors including technical approach, mission relevance and scientific-technical merit. NSUF recipients do not receive direct financial awards. Instead, recipients are awarded access to state-of-the-art capabilities such as experimental irradiation testing, post-irradiation examination, beamline and Idaho National Laboratory high performance computing. Technical assistance for the design and execution of projects is provided at no cost to the recipients.  <o:p></o:p>Prospective researchers are encouraged to request samples from the Nuclear Fuels and Materials Library. NSUF gives special consideration to principal investigators from minority-serving institutions. NSUF, managed by Idaho National Laboratory, provides unparalleled opportunities for nuclear energy researchers. NSUF technical leads at the partner facilities can provide awarded researchers with the expertise necessary to understand and interpret the experimental data from their RTE. The combination of experiments and technical expertise offered in the NSUF RTE are designed to advance the understanding of irradiation effects in nuclear fuels and materials in support of DOE-NE’s mission.  <o:p></o:p> The next RTE will open Oct. 1 and close Oct. 31 at 4 p.m. MT. <a href="https://nsuf.inl.gov/Home/Projects">Click here</a> to find current and past awards. Learn more about NSUF awards and resources at <a href="https://nsuf.inl.gov/">https://nsuf.inl.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p>

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