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DOE-NE Awards 19 RTE Projects
IDAHO FALLS -- The U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Nuclear Energy
(DOE-NE) Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) has selected 19 new Rapid
Turnaround Experiment (RTE) projects, totaling approximately $690,000. These
project awards went to 12 principal investigators from universities, five from
national laboratories, one from industry, and one foreign university.
The NSUF competitively selected these projects from a pool of
high-quality RTE proposals submitted during the solicitation period. Each proposal
was evaluated based on a variety of factors including technical approach,
mission relevance, and scientific-technical merit.
The NSUF, managed by Idaho National Laboratory (INL), provides
unparalleled opportunities for nuclear energy researchers. Through the RTE
solicitation, a researcher can apply for no-cost access to NSUF’s capabilities
located across the United States. These capabilities encompass irradiation,
post-irradiation examination, beamline, and high-performance computing
equipment and expertise necessary to advance the understanding of irradiation
effects in nuclear fuels and materials in support of DOE-NE’s mission.
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Proposer Name |
Institution |
Proposal Title |
NSUF Facility |
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Dominic Piedmont |
University of Illinois |
Atom Probe Tomography Study of Elemental Segregation and
Precipitation in Ion-Irradiated Advanced Austenitic Alloy A709 |
Center for Advanced Energy Studies - Microscopy and Characterization
Suite (MaCS) |
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Eva Zarkadoula |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Post-irradiation Microstructure Characterization of
Radiation-Tolerant Piezoelectric Materials |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Radiochemical Processing
Laboratory |
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Frank Garner |
Radiation Effects Consulting |
Radiation-accelerated, strain-induced martensitic transformation and
its potential impact on performance of 304 stainless steel irradiated to high
doses in PWRs following plant life extension |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Low Activation Materials Development
and Analysis (LAMDA) |
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Gyuchul Park |
Purdue University |
Effects of cold rolling and induction casting on the microstructural
evolution in irradiated uranium-10wt.% molybdenum (U-Mo) alloys |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) |
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Janelle Wharry |
Purdue University |
Unraveling the Mystery of Irradiation-Induced Void Closure |
Center for Advanced Energy Studies - Microscopy and Characterization
Suite (MaCS) |
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Jason Harp |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Pulsed Neutron Characterization of U-1Pd-10Zr Irradiated Fuel |
Los Alamos National Laboratory - Lujan center for Neutron Scattering |
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Jessica Krogstad |
University of Illinois |
Recrystallization Behavior in Irradiated Gadolinium Titanate as a
Proxy for Structural Disorder |
Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron
Microscope Tandem Facility (IVEM) |
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Jian Gan |
Idaho National Laboratory |
Creation of gas bubble superlattice in tungsten and tungsten alloys |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) and
Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscope Tandem
Facility (IVEM) |
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Joshua Jones |
The Ohio State University |
Microstructure characterization of 6Li(n,a)3H reaction damage
sapphire claddings |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) and The
Ohio State University - Ohio State University Research Reactor |
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Kaustubh Bawane |
Virginia Tech |
Ion Irradiation and TEM Characterization of Polymer Derived
C-SiC-SiOC Nanocomposites |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) and
Texas A&M University - Accelerator Laboratory |
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Madhavan Radhakrishnan |
University of New Mexico |
Insights into the forced chemical redistribution in multi-layered
Zr/Nb nanocomposites under heavy dose ion irradiation |
Center for Advanced Energy Studies - Microscopy and Characterization
Suite (MaCS) |
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Mark Daymond |
Queen's University |
Investigating the effect of irradiation on hydride formation and
morphology in zirconium alloys |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) |
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Mukesh Bachhav |
Idaho National Laboratory |
Atom Probe characterization of neutron irradiated commercial ZIRLO®
and AXIOM X2® alloys |
Center for Advanced Energy Studies - Microscopy and Characterization
Suite (MaCS) and Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex
(MFC) |
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Osman El Atwani |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Investigating the Performance of Refractory High Entropy Alloys Under
Irradiation and Mechanical Extremes |
Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron
Microscope Tandem Facility (IVEM) |
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Sri Tapaswi Nori |
Purdue University |
Microstructural Characterization of Neutron Irradiated HT-UPS steel
to Support High-energy X-ray Studies |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) |
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Thomas Blue |
The Ohio State University |
Functional Testing of an Optical Fiber Based Gamma Thermometer in the
HFIR Spent Fuel Pool |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Low Activation Materials Development
and Analysis (LAMDA) |
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Weiyue Zhou |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
In-situ Micro-tensile Testing for Measuring Grain Boundary Strength
of NiCr Alloys under Simultaneous Irradiation and Corrosion Environments |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) |
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Xiaoyuan Lou |
Auburn University |
The origin of exceptional IASCC resistance of the
additively-manufactured stainless steel after hot isostatic pressing |
Center for Advanced Energy Studies - Microscopy and Characterization
Suite (MaCS) and University of Michigan - Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory (MIBL) |
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Zhexian Zhang |
University of New Mexico |
Atom Probe Studies on the ballistic mixing induced precipitates in
heavy ion irradiated CuNb multilayers system |
Center for Advanced Energy Studies - Microscopy and Characterization
Suite (MaCS) |
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