The U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) has awarded 24 proposals to support the advancement of nuclear science and technology by providing access to world class capabilities at no cost to the researcher. This is the first award for FY 2023.

24 new Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) projects, totaling approximately $1.42M, have been awarded. These awards went to 10 principal investigators from universities, one from industry, two from international entities, and 11 from national laboratories.

The NSUF competitively selected these projects from a pool of quality RTE proposals submitted during the solicitation period. Proposals were evaluated based on a variety of factors including technical approach, mission relevance, and scientific-technical merit.

Name	Institution
Allison Probert	University of Florida
Caitlin Taylor	Los Alamos National Laboratory
Ching-Heng Shiau	Center for Advanced Energy Studies
Cynthia Adkins	Idaho National Laboratory
Emily Hutchins	The University of Tennessee
Frederick Reed	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Geoffrey Beausoleil	Idaho National Laboratory
Hi Vo	Los Alamos National Laboratory
Igor Jovanovic	University of Michigan
Ippei Maruyama	University of Tokyo
Jack Lanza	The Ohio State University
Joanna McFarlane	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Joshua Ferrigno	The Ohio State University
Junhua Jiang	Idaho National Laboratory
Kelvin Xie	Texas A&M University
Keyou Mao	Florida State University
Lee Margetts	University of Manchester
Michael Moorehead	Idaho National Laboratory
Nathan Almirall	General Electric Global Research
Nestor Zaluzec	Argonne National Laboratory
Peter Hosemann	University of California-Berkeley
Walter Williams	Idaho National Laboratory
William Cureton	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Yajie Zhao	The University of Tennessee

NSUF recipients do not receive direct financial awards. Access to state of the art experimental irradiation testing, post irradiation examination, INL high performance computing, and technical assistance for the design and execution of projects is provided at no cost to the recipients.

Prospective researchers are encouraged to request samples from the NSUF Nuclear Fuels and Materials Library. The NSUF will give special consideration to Principal Investigators from Minority Serving Institutions.

The NSUF, managed by Idaho National Laboratory, provides unparalleled opportunities for nuclear energy researchers. Through the RTE solicitation, researchers can access capabilities such as irradiation, post irradiation examination, beamline, and high performance computing equipment. RTEs are also accompanied with the expertise necessary to advance the understanding of irradiation effects in nuclear fuels and materials in support of DOE-NE’s mission.

The NSUF has opened the next RTE call. More information is available here. 

Find current and past awards here. Visit NSUF at https://nsuf.inl.gov.