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Argonne National Lab's New Facility Gives Researchers an Inside Look at Irradiated Nuclear Materials

The new Activated Materials Lab is allowing researchers to better understand how radiation impacts the materials used in nuclear reactors.

DOE Releases FY25 Awards

First Rapid Turnaround Experiment call for fiscal year 2026 call due date extended

NEUP Funding Opportunities Now Open

The Office of Nuclear Energy is accepting applications for four notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs): Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research (CINR); CINR Phase II Continuation (CINR II); Distinguished Early Career Program (DECP); and Scientific Infrastructure Support for CINR (RU-GSI).

INL Issues Offer for Material Distribution for the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment FLiBe Salt

FY2025 Super Rapid Turnaround Experiment call is now open!

2025 NSUF Annual Program Review

The first Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) call for fiscal year 2025 is now open

NSUF awards 19 Rapid Turnaround Experiments

New NSUF secure login process

NSUF awards 13 new Super Rapid Turnaround Experiments

NSUF awards 33 Rapid Turnaround Experiments

NEW! Super RTE Call for Proposals

First innovative NuScale experiment cycle completed, en route to post-irradiation examination

NSUF welcomes 2024 Users Organization Executive Committee

NSUF awards 27 Rapid Turnaround Experiment proposals

Second FY24 RTE Call Now Open

Argonne launches Activated Materials Laboratory at Advanced Photon Source

Outside looking in: Remote capabilities at Research Collaboration Building improve ease of research

NSUF awards 22 Rapid Turnaround Experiment proposals

Penn State joins DOE Nuclear Science User Facilities program

Penn State’s Radiation Science and Engineering Center (RSEC) has joined the Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) as a partner institution.

Applications open for European user facility network

Three Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research Proposals Awarded

NSUF awards 28 Rapid Turnaround Experiment proposals

From atoms to earthquakes to Mars: High performance computing

Computational scientists use supercomputers to perform “virtual experiments” to accomplish research that couldn’t be done by conventional means.

NSUF awards 24 Rapid Turnaround Experiment proposals

Enhancing Nuclear Energy Research

Uncovering the Past

INL researchers recently imaged several fossils using a powerful X-ray microscope. The 3D images will be used to create exhibits for Wyoming’s Fossil Butte National Monument and help experts gain insight into the origins of these and other relics.

Executive Committee Plans Successful Users Organization Meeting

Four Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research Proposals Awarded

NSUF Deputy Director Announced

DOE Awards $61 Million to U.S. Universities, Industry, and National Laboratories

NSUF awards 30 Rapid Turnaround Experiment proposals

Save the Date: NSUF Annual Users Organization Meeting

The National Nuclear User Facility (NNUF): opportunities for access

Access for July to September closes May 31, 2022

A transfer of (computing) power

This computing infrastructure allows access to the computing resources necessary to perform modern scientific research and engineering.

Supporting our nuclear future - The Activated Materials Laboratory

How The Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) Supports Industry Research

Through the NSUF’s competitive proposal programs, the nuclear industry is supported with access to world-class research facilities.

First FY 2022 RTE Call Now Open

This cycle opened on 1/17/2022 and will close 2/28/2022.

FY 2022 Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) Update

Prior to the opening of the FY 2022 Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) call, the NSUF will be making two changes to the solicitation process.

NSUF, EPRI Pilot Project paves way for reactor life extensions

Michigan Center for Materials Characterization joins University of Michigan NSUF partner facilities

The Michigan Center for Materials Characterization, also known as (MC)2, has been approved to become a University of Michigan Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) partner facility.

U.S. Department of Energy Announces FY21 CINR Awards

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected four projects that will take advantage of Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) capabilities to investigate important nuclear fuel and material applications.

Department of Energy Nuclear Science User Facilities Awards 29 Rapid Turnaround Experiment Proposals

NSUF Welcomes New Industry Lead and Communications Liaison

Peng Xu will serve as the new NSUF Industry Lead and Tiera Cate is joining NSUF as the Communications Liaison. Learn more about the latest additions to the NSUF Program Office.

Users’ Q&A Webinar Slideshow Now Available

In place of the annual Users Organization Meeting, NSUF Director, Dr. Rory Kennedy, held a Q&A Webinar on March 18, 2021. This gave an overview of the program as well as answered questions from NSUF Users. The presentation from the Webinar is now available.

NSUF FY 2020 Annual Report

The Annual Report is now available. NSUF has continued to be productive despite 2020 being such an unusual year. View the report here.

NSUF Websites Updated

This update includes new mobile-friendly card views for data, implementation of dynamic keywords to improve collaboration and proposal reviewer selection, and optimizations and improvements to various search systems.

First FY 2021 RTE Call Opens

2020 NSUF Annual Review

The 2020 NSUF Annual Review presentations are now available online

RTE Schedule Update

NSUF Researcher Feature: Haiming Wen

DOE Awards 37 RTE Proposals

DOE Awards Eight CINR NSUF Projects

Materials and fuels find new life in NFML

A New Tool: The RAD Calculator

RTE Schedule Update

NSUF Seeking High-Interest Capability Recommendations

Statement Regarding COVID-19

NSUF Project Leads Postdoc to INL

Users Organization Meeting Presentations Now Available

Second FY 2020 RTE Call Opens

NSUF’s High Performance Computing Powers Innovation

DOE-NE Awards 19 RTE Projects

NSUF Welcomes New Planning and Financial Controls Specialist

Jones will take over this role for Travis Howell who is now an NSUF experiment manager.

NSUF Research Helps Support Student Researchers

The opportunities for student-led research are nearly endless

Register Now for Users Organization Meeting

DOE-NE Reopens NSUF 1.3 in CINR FOA

Colin Judge Joins NSUF as Industry Lead

Judge joined NSUF in September leaving Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. With a background in materials science, Judge will also act as a technical lead, assisting experiment managers with NSUF projects.

New Users Organization Executive Committee Members Announced

The Users Organization Executive Committee will work to advance NSUF user concerns and priorities.

How to Be a Better Scientific Communicator

Once research is done, there is still an opportunity to communicate the impacts of your research to a broader audience.

NSUF Facility Highlight: University of Michigan

The University of Michigan's two NSUF partner facilities offers NSUF users access to extensive capabilities to study the effects of radiation as well as conduct high temperature mechanical property, corrosion, and stress corrosion cracking experiments on neutron irradiated materials in an aqueous environment to characterize the fracture surfaces after failure.

From the Users Group: Vote for Your New Executive Committee

The goal of the Users Group is to provide a formal and clear channel from the NSUF users to the NSUF program office as well as advocate for the experimental activities at NSUF, and the Executive Committee helps facilitate this.

NSUF Researcher Feature: Lingfeng He

The TEM group leader for INL, He manages the two TEMs in INL's Irradiated Materials and Characterization Laboratory, and it continually making sure that his group's expertise is cutting edge, but also that users have access to that expertise via NSUF.

Drawn to Nuclear

While both are chief scientists for NSUF, Brenden Heidrich and Simon Pimblott took different paths to get here.

DOE Awards 31 RTE Proposals, Opens FY-20 1st Call

Awards will go to 22 principal investigators from universities, six from national laboratories, and three from foreign universities.

How to Write Better Proposals: Awareness, Specificity and Brevity

NSUF has two main funding opportunities, Rapid Turnaround Experiments (RTEs) and work scopes in the Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research program.

NSUF Researcher Feature: Kumar Sridharan

Sridharan's research team put the NSUF's first material samples into the ATR, launching a new era of research into the behaviors of fuels and materials in a nuclear reactor environment.

From the Users Group: Nominations Open for Users Group Executive Committee

The goal of the Users Group is to provide a formal and clear channel from the NSUF users to the NSUF program office as well as advocate for the experimental activities at NSUF, and the Executive Committee helps facilitate this.

RTE Update: FY-20 First Call Expected to Open 10/1

The RTE award process offers an avenue for researchers to perform irradiation effects studies of limited scope on nuclear fuels and materials of interest utilizing NSUF facilities.

Infrastructure Funding Opportunity Announcement Released

This infrastructure program, a part of the Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research (CINR) program was established to continue to strengthen U.S. competitiveness in nuclear R&D and ensure that American universities have the best equipment and tools available to educate the next generation of industry leaders.

CINR Funding Opportunity Announcement Released

NSUF has eight work scopes open for proposals ranging from researching in-reactor instrumentation to high performance computing.

CINR Awards Announced

Projects will take advantage of NSUF capabilities to investigate important nuclear fuel and material applications.

RTE 3rd Call for Proposals Opens

Completion of RTE projects is expected within nine months of award.

RTE 2nd Call Awards Announced

These project awards went to principal investigators from 26 U.S. universities, eight national laboratories, two British universities, and one Canadian laboratory.

RTE 2nd Call for Proposals Opens

The RTE award process offers an avenue for researchers to perform irradiation effects studies of limited scope on nuclear fuels and materials of interest utilizing NSUF facilities.

RTE 1st Call Awards Announced

These projects will continue to advance the understanding of irradiation effects in nuclear fuels and materials in support of the mission of the DOE-NE.

NSUF Announces 2019 Users Meeting

Meeting will be held in conjunction with the ANS Student Conference

DOE Announces CINR Awards

The awards fall under DOE's nuclear energy programs, including the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP), the Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies (NEET) program, and the Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) program. The NEUP administers the CINR funding program on behalf of DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), and the NSUF administers the Scientific Infrastucture Support for CINR funding program on behalf of DOE-NE.

DOE Awards 33 Rapid Turnaround Experiment Research Proposals

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.

DOE Awards 33 Rapid Turnaround Experiment Research Proposals

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 Websites Updated

This update contains many features aimed at improving the utility and convenience of public- and user-facing systems, new features for facilitating research collaboration, and improvements to methods used in the exploration of supported capabilities and resources.

DOE awards 39 RTE Projects

DOE Releases FOA to Support Development of Advanced Nuclear Technology

DOE-NE Releases FY 2018 Scientific Infrastructure FOA

DOE-NE Releases FY 2018 CINR FOA

U.S. Department of Energy Announces FY17 CINR FOA Awards

DOE selected five university, four national laboratory, and five industry-led projects that will take advantage of NSUF capabilities to investigate important nuclear fuel and material applications.

U.S. Department of Energy Announces FY17 University Infrastructure Awards

These awards strengthen U.S. competitiveness in nuclear R&D and ensure that American universities have the best equipment and tools available to educate the next generation of industry leaders.

U.S. DOE Nuclear Science User Facilities Awards 35 Rapid Turnaround Experiment Research Proposals

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.

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

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.

DOE-NE Releases FY 2017 Request for Information (RFI) for Nuclear Materials

DOE-NE, through the Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF), is seeking information regarding 1) existing nuclear energy research materials and specimens that can, potentially, be added to the NFML, and 2) future needs for nuclear energy-related material to support ongoing nuclear energy challenges as well as future research advancements in nuclear energy.

DOE Seeking Information on FY 2018 R&D and Infrastructure Focus Areas

DOE is seeking information, comments, feedback, and recommendations from interested parties for future work scope areas for the major NE-funded research programs in four R&D areas.

Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) announces small business voucher opportunity

The small business vouchers are provided by the DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy to support nuclear energy innovation in the small business sector.

U.S. Department of Energy, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre sign MOU

Beligan Reactor 2