Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
2303 The University of Texas at San Antonio (144191)
Principal Investigator: Sooby, Elizabeth
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 639,999
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 10/1/22 - 9/30/25
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Engineering and Integrated Design
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Tx Sustainable Energy Res Inst
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: International Collaboration to Advance the Technical Readiness of High Uranium Density Fuels and Composites for Small Modular Reactors
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
Department of Energy - DOE
CFDA Link: DOE
81.121
Program Title:
none
CFDA Linked: Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration
Note:
SAMs 1.1.1; In this research project, the team proposes a dual thrust approach to bridge the critical data gaps in high uranium density fields performance with a specific focus on the impact of common impurities and microstructural variations that originate at fabrication and can impact fuel swelling rates, chemical stability, thermal transport properties, and a number of other fuel performance metrics. Specifically the team will investigate the neutronic benefits and challenges to deployment of UB2 and/or UN by performing reactor physics modeling which builds upon previous work performed under the DOE Advanced Fuels Campaign. Lastly, the team will assess the degree to which isotopic separation would be neutronically required, as it is a concern for a UN and/or UB2 fuel form to mitigate the deleterious neutronic impact of 14N and/or 10B.
Discussion: No discussion notes