NSUF Article

U.S. DOE Nuclear Science User Facilities Awards 30 Rapid Turnaround Experiment Research Proposals

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - Calls and Awards

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) has selected 30 new Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) projects, totaling up to approximately $1.2 million. These projects will continue to advance the understanding of irradiation effects in nuclear fuels and materials in support of the mission of the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy.

IDAHO FALLS -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) has selected 30 new Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) projects, totaling up to approximately $1.2 million. These projects will continue to advance the understanding of irradiation effects in nuclear fuels and materials in support of the mission of the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. NSUF, first established at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), is the nation’s only user facility overseen by the Office of Nuclear Energy. NSUF provides research teams with access to reactor, post-irradiation examination, high-performance computing, and beamline capabilities at a diverse mix of affiliated partner facilities in university, national laboratory and industry institutions across the country at no cost to the user.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>NSUF competitively selected the 30 RTE projects from high-quality proposals submitted during the solicitation period. Each proposal was evaluated based on a variety of factors including feasibility, mission relevance, and scientific-technical merit.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>RTE project research teams include individuals from two nuclear energy industries, 14 universities, and 6 national laboratories who will work with the NSUF on their proposed experiments. 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width: 123.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.95pt;">Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscope Tandem Facility<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 35.05pt;"><td width="126" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.15pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 35.05pt;">Ming Tang<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 80.85pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.05pt;">Los Alamos National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="214" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 160.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.05pt;">Radiation Stability Study on Nuclear Waste/Spent Fuel Materials<o:p></o:p></td><td width="165" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; 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width: 123.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 49pt;">Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscope Tandem Facility<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 35.95pt;"><td width="126" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.15pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 35.95pt;">Niels Cautaerts<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 80.85pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.95pt;">SCK-CEN<o:p></o:p></td><td width="214" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 160.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.95pt;">Characterization of ion irradiated 15-15Ti steel by APT<o:p></o:p></td><td width="165" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; 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width: 123.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.05pt;">Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscope Tandem Facility<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 35.95pt;"><td width="126" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.15pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 35.95pt;">Ramprashad Prabhakaran<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 80.85pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.95pt;">Pacific Northwest National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="214" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 160.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.95pt;">Mechanical characterization of neutron irradiated FSW ODS alloys<o:p></o:p></td><td width="165" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 123.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.95pt;">Pacific Northwest National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 26.05pt;"><td width="126" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.15pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 26.05pt;">Riley Parrish<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 80.85pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 26.05pt;">University of Florida<o:p></o:p></td><td width="214" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 160.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 26.05pt;">Microstructural characterization of 3% burn-up MOX fuel<o:p></o:p></td><td width="165" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 123.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 26.05pt;">Idaho National Laboratory Materials and Fuels Complex<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 49.45pt;"><td width="126" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.15pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 49.45pt;">Samuel A. Briggs<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 80.85pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 49.45pt;">Sandia National Laboratories<o:p></o:p></td><td width="214" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 160.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 49.45pt;">Study of nanocluster stability in neutron- and ion-irradiated ODS FeCrAl alloys<o:p></o:p></td><td width="165" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 123.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 49.45pt;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis (LAMDA)<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 35.05pt;"><td width="126" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.15pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 35.05pt;">Vijay Vasudevan<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 80.85pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.05pt;">University of Cincinnati<o:p></o:p></td><td width="214" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 160.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.05pt;">Effect of grain boundary character and surface treatment on irradiation tolerance of nuclear alloys<o:p></o:p></td><td width="165" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 123.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.05pt;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 35.5pt;"><td width="126" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.15pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 35.5pt;">Yutai Katoh<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 80.85pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.5pt;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="214" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 160.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.5pt;">Micromechanical properties of interfacial elements in advanced SiC composite and its environmentally protective coatings<o:p></o:p></td><td width="165" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 123.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.5pt;">University of California–Berkeley<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 35.5pt;"><td width="126" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.15pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 35.5pt;">Zhangbo Li<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 80.85pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.5pt;">University of Florida<o:p></o:p></td><td width="214" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 160.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.5pt;">TEM investigation of radiation damage of ferrite in CF-3<o:p></o:p></td><td width="165" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 123.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 35.5pt;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 26.5pt;"><td width="126" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.15pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 26.5pt;">Zheng Zhang<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 80.85pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 26.5pt;">University of Florida<o:p></o:p></td><td width="214" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 160.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 26.5pt;">Pore size distribution in U-Mo fuel irradiated to high burnup<o:p></o:p></td><td width="165" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 123.75pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 26.5pt;">Idaho National Laboratory Materials and Fuels Complex<o:p></o:p></td></tr></tbody></table><o:p> </o:p>NSUF holds RTEs calls three times per year. 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