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DOE Awards 37 RTE Proposals
IDAHO FALLS -- The U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) has selected 37 new Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) projects, totaling approximately $1.4 million. These project awards went to 22 principal investigators from universities, 11 from national laboratories, one from industry, and three foreign universities.
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 Facilities |
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Adrien Couet |
University of Wisconsin |
Characterization of Oxide Porosity in Irradiated Zirconium
Pre-Transition Corrosion Films |
North Carolina State University - Nuclear Reactor Program |
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Andrea Jokisaari |
Idaho National Laboratory |
In-situ microstructural evolution and phase transition of irradiated
and transient metallic fuel for M&S validation. |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) |
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Andrew Hoffman |
General Electric Global Research |
Towards Understanding Fuel Clad Chemical Interactions in FeCrAl
Alloys |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) |
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Assel Aitkaliyeva |
University of Florida |
Identification of irradiation-induced phase evolution in Pu-Am-Zr
fuels |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) |
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Bai Cui |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
In Situ and Ex Situ Investigations of Irradiation Damage in
Nanostructured ODS High-Entropy Alloys |
University of Michigan - Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory (MIBL) |
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Ben Eftink |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
3-D strain and phase mapping in AM Fe-9Cr steel |
Brookhaven National Laboratory - National Synchrotron Light Source II |
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Biswajit Ray |
University of Alabama-Huntsville |
Investigation of Total Dose Effects on Data Corruption Rates in High
Density 3-D Non-volatile Memory |
Sandia National Laboratory - Ion Beam Laboratory |
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Boris Khaykovich |
Massachusetts institute of Technology |
Determination of the evolution of residual stress in nuclear graphite
with irradiation |
Los Alamos National Laboratory - Lujan center for Neutron Scattering
and c - Nuclear Reactor Laboratory |
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Calvin Parkin |
University of Wisconsin |
ChemisSTEM Characterization of Bulk Heavy Ion Irradiated Complex
Concentrated Alloys |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) |
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Christian Petrie |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Radiation-induced signal attenuation and drift of single crystal
sapphire optical fiber sensors |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Low Activation Materials Development
and Analysis (LAMDA) |
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Fei Teng |
Idaho National Laboratory |
Micro-mechanical characterization of proton induced long range
ordering in Ni-Cr model alloy |
University of California-Berkeley -
Nuclear Materials Laboratory |
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Haiyan Zhao |
University of Idaho |
UCl4/UCl3 speciation |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) |
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Hongbing Yu |
University of Oxford |
Effects of helium on the defect accumulation under ion implantation
in a Fe-9Cr alloy |
Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron
Microscope Tandem Facility (IVEM) |
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Indrajit Charit |
University of Idaho |
Microstructural characterization of neutron irradiated HT-9 heats
(ORNL, LANL and EBR II) at LWR and fast reactor relevant temperatures |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Materials Science and
Technology Laboratory |
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Jie Lian |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Ion Beam Irradiation and In-situ TEM characterization of High Entropy
Titanate Pyrochlores |
Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron
Microscope Tandem Facility (IVEM) |
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Karen Wright |
Idaho National Laboratory |
Secondary Phase Formation in Irradiated Metallic Fuels: Understanding Phase Structure, Chemistry
and Light-Element Stabilization |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) |
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Kathleen (Callie) Goetz |
University of Tennessee-Knoxville |
Study of Irradiation Effects on Tantalum Alloys for Fast-Spectrum
Self-Powered Neutron Detectors |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Low Activation Materials Development
and Analysis (LAMDA) |
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Konstantina Lambrinou |
University of Huddersfield |
Study of the effect of water chemistry on the performance of CVD-SiC
by means of in-situ proton irradiation-corrosion testing |
University of Michigan - Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory (MIBL) |
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Leonard Brillson |
The Ohio State University |
Evolution of Ga2O3 Native Point Defects, Donors and Acceptors with
Neutron Irradiation |
The Ohio State University - Ohio State University Research Reactor |
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Ling Wang |
University of Tennessee-Knoxville |
Phase stability of a’ precipitates in pre-aged Fe-25Cr model binary
alloys after ion irradiation |
Center for Advanced Energy Studies - Microscopy and Characterization
Suite (MaCS) |
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Lin-wen Hu |
Massachusetts institute of Technology |
Tritium Permeation from High
Temperature Flibe under Neutron Irradiation |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear Reactor Laboratory |
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Lizhen Tan |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Morphological Response of Spherical and Platelet MX-Type Precipitates
to In-Situ Ion Irradiation in Novel Fe-Based Alloys |
University of Michigan - Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory (MIBL) |
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Luca Capriotti |
Idaho National Laboratory |
Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA) of a metallic fuel transmutation
alloy for fast reactor: A Microchemical Comparison between Fast Reactor and
Simulated Fast Reactor Irradiation. |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) |
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Maik Lang |
University of Tennessee-Knoxville |
Crystallization and Phase-Separation in Melt-Derived Nuclear Waste
Forms |
Brookhaven National Laboratory - National Synchrotron Light Source II |
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Martin Owusu-Mensah |
North Carolina State University |
Probing the mobility of radiation induced defects in Nickel/Oxide
systems through in-situ TEM irradiation |
Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron
Microscope Tandem Facility (IVEM) |
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Matheus Araujo Tunes |
University of Leoben |
Investigation of the effects of neutron irradiation on minerals of
concrete aggregates |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Low Activation Materials Development
and Analysis (LAMDA) |
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Nestor Zaluzec |
Argonne National Laboratory |
Development of radiation tolerant matrices for rare-earths designed
for burnable poisons as part of the nuclear fuel array |
Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron
Microscope Tandem Facility (IVEM) |
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Nicholas Brown |
University of Tennessee-Knoxville |
Mechanical testing of Posttest LOCA Sample with Irradiated High
burnup Fuel Rods |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Low Activation Materials Development
and Analysis (LAMDA) |
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Philip Edmondson |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Understanding the effect of neutron attenuation on Cu-rich
precipitate formation in reactor pressure vessel steels using STEM-EDS |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Low Activation Materials Development
and Analysis (LAMDA) |
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Rajiv Mishra |
University of North Texas |
Ion irradiation and examination of metastability engineered stainless
high entropy alloy |
Center for Advanced Energy Studies - Microscopy and Characterization
Suite (MaCS) and Texas A&M University - Accelerator Laboratory |
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Shen Dillon |
University of Illinois |
In situ High Temperature UO2 Grain Boundary and Bulk Mechanics under
Irradiation |
Sandia National Laboratory - Ion Beam Laboratory |
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Tanvi Ajantiwalay |
University of Florida |
In-situ nano-tensile testing of neutron-irradiated HT-9 steel |
Center for Advanced Energy Studies - Microscopy and Characterization
Suite (MaCS) |
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Tro Babikian |
University of California-Irvine |
Effects of Energy Deposition Resulting in Radiation Induced Defects
on the Thermal Conductivity of UO2 Fuel Pellets with Negligible Burnup |
Idaho National Laboratory - Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) |
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Weicheng Zhong |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Radiation effect to the deformation mechanism of Alloys 800H and
800H-TMP |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Low Activation Materials Development
and Analysis (LAMDA) |
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Xinghang Zhang |
Purdue University |
In situ dual beam radiation on additively manufactured Haynes 230 Ni
alloys with precipitates New Proposal |
Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron
Microscope Tandem Facility (IVEM) |
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Yinbin Miao |
Argonne National Laboratory |
Radiation Tolerance of Advanced Multilayered Coating: an in-situ TEM
Investigation |
Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron
Microscope Tandem Facility (IVEM) |
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Zhenyu Fu |
University of Florida |
Understand the Fission Products Behavior and Irradiation Effects in
UCO Fuel Kernels of Irradiated AGR-1 and AGR-2 TRISO Fuel Particles by Using
Atom Probe Tomography |
Center for Advanced Energy Studies - Microscopy and Characterization
Suite (MaCS) |
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