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CINR Awards Announced

Thursday, June 27, 2019 - Calls and Awards

Projects will take advantage of NSUF capabilities to investigate important nuclear fuel and material applications.

DOE has selected nine projects that will take advantage of NSUF capabilities to investigate important nuclear fuel and material applications.

Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Irradiated Metallic Fuel Using TREAT (University of Pittsburgh)
Neutron Radiation Effect on Diffusion between Zr (and Zircaloy) and Cr for Accurate Lifetime Prediction of ATF (The Ohio State University)
High Fluence Active Irradiation and Combined Effects Testing of Sapphire Optical Fiber Distributed Temperature Sensors (Idaho National Laboratory)
Irradiation of Optical Components of In-Situ Laser Spectroscopic Sensors for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Systems (University of Michigan)
Irradiation Studies on Electron Beam Welded PM-HIP Pressure Vessel Steel (Purdue University)
Irradiation-assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking of PWR-irradiated Type 347 Stainless Steel (Westinghouse)
NuScale SMR Materials Irradiation and Testing (NuScale)
High Power Irradiation Testing of TRISO Fuel Particles with UCO and UO2 Kernels in Miniature Fuel Specimen Capsules in HFIR (Kairos Power)
Integral Fuel Rod Real-Time Wireless Sensor & Transmitter Irradiation Test and Post Irradiation Examination (Westinghouse)

More information about CINR is available at the NEUP website: https://neup.inl.gov/SitePages/Home.aspx

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