UCBNE Awarded Multiple Grants in 2017 NEUP Award Cycle
NEUP 2017 R&D Award
Fuel Cycle Research and Development:
Methods for Process Monitoring to Accurately Detect and Quantify Material Holdup in Advanced Recycle Facilities- PI: Rachel Slaybaugh, University of California, Berkeley Co-PIs: Per Peterson, Kai Vetter, and Karl van Bibber Estimated funding: 800,000
Reactor Concepts Research Development and Demonstration (RCRD&D):
Methods to Predict Thermal Radiation and to Design Scaled Separate and Integral Effects Testing For Molten Salt Reactors- PI: Per Peterson Co-PI Simo Makiharju from UCB Estimated Funding: 800,000
FY 2017 Integrated Research Projects Awards:
NuSTEM: Nuclear Science, Technology and Education for Molten Salt Reactors- PI: Jean Ragusa, Texas A&M University. Collaborators: PIs: Max Fratoni and Lee Bernstein, University of California, Berkeley
Student Fellowships:
Graduate Student Kathy Shield receives a 3-year fellowship
Graduate Student Ishak Johnson receives a 3-year fellowship