Grant Awards

The NRP has been awarded US DOE, NSF, NNSA and Nuclear Navy funding for research on advanced small and micro nuclear reactors, for research in the area of neutron thermalization with implications for reactor and critical system design, and to support advanced nuclear fuel research and facility upgrades, nuclear cybersecurity, and for the upgrade of suppporting facility infastructure.

NRP R&D Awards

• “Implementation of Infrastructure for Molten Salt Reactor Development at the PULSTAR Reactor”; US DOE; 10/1/2020 – 9/30/2023
• “Development and Evaluation of Neutron Thermalization Integral Benchmarks for Advanced Reactor Applications”; US DOE; 10/1/2019 – 9/30/2022
• “Development and Evaluation of Thermal Neutron Scattering Law”; Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC, NNSA; 10/1/2019 – 9/30/2024
• “Development of Thermal Neutron Scattering Laws for Moderator and Reflector Materials”; US DOE; 10/01/2014 – 9/30/2020  
• “Evaluation of the Thermal Scattering Law for Advanced Reactor Neutron Moderators and Reflectors”; US DOE; 10/1/2018 – 9/30/2021  
• “Development of Information Trustworthiness and Integrity Algorithms for Cybersecurity Defenses of Nuclear Power Reactors”; US DOE; 10/1/2017 – 9/30/2020  
• “Internet Reactor Laboratory (IRL) Project for Supporting Nuclear Science and Engineering Education in Developing Countries”; US DOE; 8/1/2016 – 9/30/2019
• “Generation of the Thermal Neutron Scattering Law for Polymethyl Methacrylate Using Classical Molecular Dynamics Methods”; US DOE; 3/17/2016 – 9/30/2019 
• “NNCI: North Carolina Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN)”; NSF; 9/15/2015 – 08/31/2025
• “Measurements of Fission Gas Release from Nuclear Fuel in Support of BISON Fuel Performance Analysis”; US DOE; 10/01/2015 – 12/31/2018
• “Benchmark Evaluation of TREAT Reactor M2 and M3 Transient Experiments”; US DOE; 10/1/2015 –  9/30/2018
• “Methodology Development for Cybersecurity Robustness and Vulnerability Assessment of University Research Reactors”; US DOE; 10/01/2015 – 09/30/2018 
• “Development Of State-of-the-art Capabilities To Support Treat Modeling And Simulation”; US DOE; 11/09/2015 – 9/30/2017
• “Development and Deployment Assessment of a Melt-Down Proof Modular Micro Reactor (MDP-MMR)”; US DOE; 10/01/2014 – 09/30/2017;
• “A Positron Microprobe Spectrometer for Defects and Nano-Vacancy Characterization in Materials”; US DOE; 01/01/2014 – 09/30/2016.                  
• “Collaborative Research: Beta-Decay Angular Correlation Measurements with Cold and Ultracold Neutrons”; NSF; 08/01/2013 – 7/31/2017

NRP Infrastructure Awards

• “Establishing a Hot Cell Capability at the PULSTAR Reactor”; US DOE; 10/1/2018 – 9/30/2019;
• “A Comprehensive Upgrade of the PULSTAR Reactor Control Console”; US DOE; 08/01/2016 – 7/31/2018;