NSUF Article
Enhancing Nuclear Energy Research
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 -
Program Office Highlight
<!--slider--><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr;"><h2 style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"><b><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Enhancing Nuclear Energy Research</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">: The Science Review Board</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW209329700 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 19.425px;"> <br></span></b></h2><h3><i>By Tiera Cate, INL Communications and Outreach</i></h3></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW209329700 BCX0" paraid="1876748950" paraeid="{8ed9db48-d9b5-4a71-9a3d-2b346dc1ba39}{199}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><br></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr;"><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">For the first time in four years, a federal nuclear</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> research</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> program opened itself up to critique from experts </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">assembled</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> to help the p</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">rogram</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">enhance its </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">impa</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">ct. </span></span>R<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">esearch</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> conducted through the Nuclear Science User Fa</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">cilities </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">(NSUF)</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> is critical in developing solutions to extend</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">operation of our nation’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">nuclear power plant</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">, which are</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> clean, safe, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> reliable energy sources</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">. </span>To advance the<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">ability to conduct nuclear energy research, the NSUF provides </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">expertise </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">no-cost </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">access to unique </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">research </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">facilities. </span>These resources aid in meeting the research and development goals for the Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE). </h4><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"></span></h4><h4 style="font-family: "Open+Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">The research enabled through the NSUF program either addresses </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">aging challenges of the current fleet</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">or studies materials </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> fuels for the next generation</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> of reactors</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">. </span></span>The NSUF Science Review Board meeting comprises experts from industry, national laboratories, and universities to provide examine the activities and output from the NSUF and provide fresh perspectives. Last held in 2018, the board reconvened in August 2022 at the Center for Advanced Energy Studies, for a three-day meeting with NSUF staff, INL staff, and users. The board evaluates administration and research avenues and output, noting any recommendations that may fortify the program. </h4></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW209329700 BCX0" paraid="1624225687" paraeid="{dd747514-6611-4c2c-8f71-47fe40ac6402}{60}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"><br></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW209329700 BCX0" paraid="1624225687" paraeid="{dd747514-6611-4c2c-8f71-47fe40ac6402}{60}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"></p><figure class="" style="width:800px;"><img src="/Content/Resources/11302022-1-638048094407999890.jpg" style="width: 50%;" class=""><figcaption style="text-align: left; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Rapid Turnaround Experiment administrator Jeff Benson presenting to the Science Review Board. </span><br></figcaption></figure></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW209329700 BCX0" paraid="1712146114" paraeid="{dd747514-6611-4c2c-8f71-47fe40ac6402}{80}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br></span></span></p><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"></span></span></h4><h4 style="font-family: "Open+Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"></span></span></h4><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;">INL staff members updated the board on the Nuclear Science and Technology directorate, provided a summary of the Advanced Test Reactor’s core internals changeout, and outlined capabilities at the Materials and Fuels Complex. Finally, the NSUF program office provided a status update on the industry engagement program, high-performance computing capabilities, the Nuclear Fuels and Materials Library, and other administrative processes that enable the program to conduct research. After hearing about the program, the board develops a report that evaluates the NSUF’s scientific output and may suggest ideas for improvement. Comments provided in the report are valuable in strengthening the NSUF program, creating a better user experience and advancing DOE-NE's mission. <br></h4><p style="font-family: "Open+Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"><br></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW209329700 BCX0" paraid="1168992168" paraeid="{ff808b88-7f53-4b96-8c9c-d60f2e74f85f}{64}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW209329700 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 19.425px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW209329700 BCX0" paraid="1168992168" paraeid="{ff808b88-7f53-4b96-8c9c-d60f2e74f85f}{64}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"></p><figure class="undefined" style="width:800px;"><img src="/Content/Resources/11302022-2-638048095764701787.jpg" style="width: 50%;"><figcaption style="text-align: left;"><i>Board members pictured: Sean McDeavitt, Jake Ballard, Lynne Ecker, Vincenzo Rondinella, David Senor, Meimei Li, and Grace Burke.</i></figcaption><figcaption style="text-align: left;"><i>Not pictured: Gabriel Meric and Simerjeet Gill. </i></figcaption></figure><figure class="undefined" style="width:800px;"><figcaption style="text-align:center;font-style:italic;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="font-style: normal; text-align: start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr;"></div></figcaption></figure><p class="Paragraph SCXW209329700 BCX0" paraid="1099608154" paraeid="{ff808b88-7f53-4b96-8c9c-d60f2e74f85f}{73}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><br></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr;"><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;">Members of the board are experts from a variety of backgrounds and locations. Board members include Sean McDeavitt from Texas A&M University, Jake Ballard from Naval Nuclear Laboratory, Lynne Ecker from TerraPower, Gabriel Meric from Kairos Power, Vincenzo Rondinella from European Commission's Joint Research Centre Karlsruhe Laboratory, David Senor from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Grace Burke from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Meimei Li from Argonne National Laboratory, and Simerjeet Gill from Brookhaven National Laboratory. <br></h4><p class="Paragraph SCXW209329700 BCX0" paraid="1967354876" paraeid="{ff808b88-7f53-4b96-8c9c-d60f2e74f85f}{99}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none;"><span class="EOP SCXW209329700 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 19.425px;"><br></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW209329700 BCX0" style="margin: 0px; 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