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US Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF)

Overview

J. Rory Kennedy, Ph.D.Director, NSUF

Idaho National Laboratory

NSUF Partner Facilities Working Group MeetingIdaho Falls, ID

May 24-25, 2017

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NSUF Historical

Established 2007 as DOE Office of Nuclear Energy first and

only user facility

• Energy Policy Act of 2005

• Secretary of Energy should consider establishing user

facility at INL

• First founded as Advanced Test Reactor National

Scientific User Facility (ATR-NSUF)

• Expansion to facilities outside INL initiated in 2008

• Name changed to Nuclear Science User Facilities in 2014

• Idaho National Laboratory is lead and primary

institution

• Irradiation effects in nuclear fuels and materials

• Provide access to capabilities and expertise at no cost

to user

• Support design, fabrication, transport, irradiation, PIE,

disposition

• Link intellectual capital with nuclear research

infrastructure to fulfill mission of DOE-NE

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016 2017

Under review

nExpanded

capabilities Need for

additional

capabilities

outside INL

recognized

early

Partner

facilities

program

established in

2008

nPartner Facilities to date 8 Universities + 3

Universities in CAES

(University of Idaho, Boise

State University, Idaho

State University)

(3 currently expressed

interest)

6 National Laboratories (2

expressed interest)

1 Industrial

NSUF – A consortiumA group formed to undertake an enterprise beyond the resources of any one member

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NSUF Organization Chart

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NSUF Support Structure

and Technical Expertise

NSUF Staff (INL)

Dr. J. Rory Kennedy

Mr. Dan Ogden

Dr. Brenden Heidrich

Dr. John Jackson

Mr. Jeff Benson

Mr. Collin Knight

Ms. Laura Scheele

Ms. Kelly Cunningham

Mr. Jonathan Kirkham

Ms. Lindy Bean

Ms. Renae Soelberg

Neutron Irradiation

Dr. Lin-Wen Hu (MIT)

Dr. Gordon Kohse (MIT)

Prof. Ayman Hawari (NCSU)

Mr. Kory Linton (ORNL)

Mr. Dave Schoonen (INL)

Ms. Debra Utterbeck (INL)

Mr. Kevin Clayton (INL)

Ms. Misti Lillo (INL)

Dr. Paul Murray (INL)

Dr. Joseph Nielson (INL)

Mr. Brian Durtschi (INL)

Dr. Keith Jewell (INL)

Dr. Donna Guillen (INL)

Mr. Tom Maddock (INL)

Dr. Sven Van den Berghe (BNRC)

Synchrotron

Dr. Jeff Terry (IIT)

Dr. Lynne Ecker (BNL)

Examinations

Dr. Kurt Terrani (ORNL)

Mr. Kory Linton (ORNL)

Dr. Yaqiao Wu (CAES)

Ms. Joanna Taylor (CAES)

Dr. Andrew Casella (PNNL)

Dr. David Senor (PNNL)

Prof. Ahmed Hassanein (Purdue)

Dr. Peter Hoseman (UCB)

Dr. Paula Freyer (Westinghouse)

Dr. Thomas Hartmann (UNLV)

Dr. Mitch Meyer (INL)

Ms. Katelyn Wachs (INL)

Dr. Jian Gan (INL)

Dr. Brandon Miller (INL)

Dr. Sebastien Teysseyre (INL)

Mr. Mike Heighes (INL)

Dr. Sven Van den Berghe (BNRC)

And many more scientists, engineers and technical staff at all partner facilities to help get things done

Ion Beams

Prof. Gary Was (UM)

Prof. Kumar Sridharan (UW)

Dr. Meimei Li (IVEM, ANL)

Dr. Khalid Hattar (SNL)

DOE

Mr. Shane Johnson

Mr. Mike Worley

Mr. Tom Miller

Ms. Alison Hahn

Mr. Brooks Weingartner

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NSUF Solicitations

n Generally select projects through open competitive proposal processes

Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research (CINR FOA, 1 call/year)

– Irradiation + PIE ($1.0M - $4.0M, up to 7 years)

– PIE only (~$500K, up to 3 years)

– Irradiation only ($500K - $3.5M)

– Beamlines at other user facilities

Rapid Turnaround Experiments (RTE, 3 calls/year, limited $$, executed within 9 months)

Proposals welcome from University, National Laboratory, Industry, Small Business, International

n International PI applicants need US collaborator

n All projects fully forward funded

Requires accurate cost estimate and schedule

Requires project scope to be reasonable

Requires early contact and negotiations with facilities

n Letters of Intent – initiate the process

n Pre-proposals

Evaluated for feasibility

Evaluated for relevancy to NE mission

Evaluated for technical and scientific merit

n Invited full proposals

Evaluated for feasibility (final cost estimate and schedule required)

Evaluated for relevancy to NE mission

Evaluated for technical and scientific merit

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NSUF General

Capabilities

n Neutron Irradiations

ATR (loop, rabbit), ATRC, HFIR (rabbit), MITR (loop), PULSTAR, NRAD, BR2 – SCK-CEN (Belgium)

n Ion Irradiations

Tandem Accelerator Ion Beam (U. Wisc), Michigan Ion Beam Lab (U. Mich), IVEM (ANL), Sandia Ion Beam Lab (Under review: TAMU, LLNL)

n Hot Cells

INL(HFEF, FCF, AL, IASCC), ORNL (IFEL, IMET, REDC), PNNL (RPL), U. Mich (IMC), Westinghouse (MCOE), (awaiting MOU: LANL)

n High radiation level measurements/instrumentation

Neutron radiography, elemental & isotopic analyses, gas sampling and analyses, profilometry, gamma scanning, mechanical testing, electron and optical microscopy, thermal analyses, eddy current, IASCC, EPMA, AES, XPS, SIMS, focused ion beam (FIB)

n Low radiation level measurements/instrumentation

SEM, TEM, APT, FIB, hardness, micro- & nano-indentation, tensile, thermal analyses, XRD, XPS, AES, SIMS, NMR, PAS

n Beamlines

X-ray (ANL APS: MRCAT, IIT; BNL NSLS-II: XPD, NST Dept)

Neutron, positron (PULSTAR, NCSU)

n High Performance Computing

FALCON machine

Moose-Bison-Marmot

n Visit nsuf.inl.gov under Research Capabilities tab for details at individual facilities

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High Impact Nuclear R&D

Project portfolio spans a variety of research

objectives that are ultimately focused on both near

and long-term technology development goals

n Understanding atomic level phenomena in fuels that

affect thermal transport, elemental migration/diffusion,

interface interaction, etc. as complex microstructures

develop under irradiation

ceramic, metallic, TRISO, ATFUnderstanding fundamental defect evolution in irradiated structural materials

across multiple length scales as they affect mechanical properties.

• RPV, austenitic, F/M, Zr alloys, ATF

Development of innovative radiation resistant materials for advanced reactor systems

Development of radiation resistant sensors for collecting high fidelity on-line irradiation test data

Development of materials from advanced manufacturing techniques

Providing fundamental actinide nuclear data that can help inform advanced reactor and fuel cycle modeling and simulation campaign. J. Cole contributed to content of

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NSUF MetricsFacility Utilization

n Recently opened partner facility researchers to apply to own capabilities. Result: increased

number of apps.

n Poor metric: large portion of application from internal researchers.

Facility Requested

Total

Requests Awarded

ATR 88 17

CAES 158 107

INL 28 12

IIT 35 16

IVEM 44 21

MIT 14 6

NCSU 8 3

ORNL 65 31

PNNL 10 3

Purdue 1 0

UC - Berkeley 11 7

UM 25 16

UNLV 0 1

UW 8 6

Westinghouse 1 1

Grand Total 496 247

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nRapid Turnaround Experiments (FY 2016 3 rounds)

75 proposals submitted from 24 institutions

– 16 US Universities

– 5 National Laboratories

– 2 Foreign Institutions

– 1 Industry

39 experiments accepted from 18 institutions



– 2 Foreign Institutions (UK Universities)

8 NSUF facilities performed experiments

– 17 CAES/MaCS

– 9 ORNL LAMDA

– 3 IVEM

– 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

– 2 North Carolina State University

– 2 University California, Berkeley

– 3 Idaho National Laboratory

– 2 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory11

Facility Utilization

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n Rapid Turnaround Experiments (FY 2017 – 2 rounds)

105 proposals submitted from 36 institutions




– 2 Industry

57 experiments accepted from 28 institutions




– 2 Industry

8 NSUF facilities performed experiments

– 9 CAES/MaCS

– 17 ORNL LAMDA

– 17 IVEM

– 1 University of Wisconsin

– 3 University of Michigan

– 3 University California, Berkeley

– 6 Idaho National Laboratory

– 1 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 12


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Outcome of FY2016 CINR

n Effects of High Dose on Laser Welded, Irradiated AISI 304SS (NEET CTD)• Boise State University

• $613K, PIE only

• MFC (INL), MCE (Westinghouse)

n Understand the phase transformation of thermally aged and neutron

irradiated duplex stainless steels used in LWRs (NEET CTD)• University of Florida

• $579K, Beamline

• MRCAT (IIT, APS)

n Enhancing Irradiation Tolerance of Steels via Nano-structuring by

Innovative Manufacturing Techniques (NEET CTD)• Idaho State University

• $2459K, Irradiation + PIE

• ATR, MFC (INL)

n Irradiation Performance Testing of Specimens Produced by Commercially

Available Additive Manufacturing Techniques (NEET CTD)• Colorado School of Mines

• $2030K, Irradiation +PIE

• ATR, MFC (INL)1

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n Feasibility of Combined Ion-Neutron Irradiation for Accessing High Dose

Levels (Nuclear Reactor Technologies)• University of Michigan


• MIBL (U Mich), LAMDA (ORNL)

n Radial Heat Flux – Irradiation Synergism in SiC ATF Cladding (Fuel Cycle

R&D)• Oak Ridge National Laboratory


• HFIR, LAMDA (ORNL)

n Fission Product Transport in TRISO Fuel (Advanced Reactor Technologies)• University of Michigan

• $22K, Irradiation

• MIBL (U Mich)

n Radiation Enhanced Diffusion of Ag, Ag-Pd, Eu and Sr in Neutron Irradiated

PyC/SiC Diffusion Couples (Advanced Reactor Technologies)• Oak Ridge National Laboratory


• MIBL (U Mich), HFIR, LAMDA (ORNL)1

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n Irradiation Testing of LWR Additively Manufactured Materials (NSUF Only)• GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy

• $1982K, Irradiation +PIE

• ATR, MFC (INL)

n Effect of Gamma Irradiation on the Microstructure and Mechanical

Properties of Nano-modified Concrete (NSUF Only)• Vanderbilt University


• HFIR Gamma (ORNL)

n Correlative Atom Probe and Electron Microscopy Study of Radiation

Induced Segregation at Low and High Angle Grain Boundaries in Steels

(NSUF Only)• Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• $150K, PIE only

• LAMDA (ORNL)

n Role of Minor Alloying Elements on Long Range Ordering in Ni-Cr Alloys

(NSUF Only)• Oregon State University


• TAIB (U Wisc) 1

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NSUF Metrics


n CAES MaCS is a partner facility but not

included in CINR analysis since

supported on annual basis.

n CINR percentages and total partner

funding higher in FY 2015 and FY 2016

than historical.

n CINR percentage lower in FY 2016 than

FY 2015 but funding amount increased.

n Reason CINR percentage lower in FY

2016 – irradiation tests are expensive.

Number of CINR partner awards

increased from FY 2015 to FY 2016 from

two to five.

n RTEs analyzed by number of awards.

CAES MaCS included.

n Through FY 2015, RTEs at partner

facilities about steady. FY 2016 shows

large increase. Why? Internal partner

facility applications?

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NSUF Metrics


n Recently opened partner facility researchers to apply to own

capabilities. Result: increased number of apps.

n Poor metric: large portion of application from internal researchers.

Total NSUF Facility Requests

External

Requests

385

Internal

Requests

110

Facility Requested

Total

Requests

Internal

Requests

ATR 88 2

CAES 158 27

INL 28 7

IIT 35 13

IVEM 44 4

MIT 14 8

NCSU 8 5

ORNL 65 30

PNNL 10 8

Purdue 1 0

UC - Berkeley 11 3

UM 25 2

UNLV 0 0

UW 8 1

Westinghouse 1 0

Grand Total 496 110

n Partner facilities need to control number of internal applications and engage external users.

n Requests using “own” materials: consider adding to NFML.

n Issue: R&D funds must be identified and independent of NSUF support.

n Issue: NSUF work scope can not be part of ongoing program/project work scope.

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NSUF Metrics

Publications

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n Beginning to see results from early irradiation tests

n Increase in RTE awards.

n Journal of Nuclear Materials is by far the most published in journal.

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Historical and Projected Growth

n CINR type projects support FY 2014 – $400K, 8 full proposals, 3 awards

FY 2015 – $4.1M, 41 LOIs, 31 pre-proposals, 17 full proposals, 5 awards

FY 2016 – $10M, 80 LOIs, 67 pre-proposals, 32 full proposals, 13 awards

FY 2017 - $10M - $12M, 124 LOIs, 108 pre-proposals, 50 full proposals, ~15 awards

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DOE-NE / NSUF / INL and SCK-CEN / BR2 / LHMA

• In-kind contributions

• CRADA with four tasks

• Reactor Performance and Thermal Modeling Benchmarking Using SiC

Temperature Monitors.

• Disc Irradiation for Separate Effects Testing with Control of Temperature

(DISECT)

• Accident Tolerant fuel Test for the Interaction of Coolant with Uranium Silicide

(ATTICUS) at BR2.

• Cooperative In-Pile Instrumentation Development

International

DOE-NE / NSUF and UK / NNUF • UK National Nuclear User facility (NNUF)

• National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL)

• Dalton Nuclear Institute (U. Manchester)

• Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

• Initial area of mutual user facility interest and cooperation• Nuclear Fuels and Materials Library (Archive)

• NSUF to allow access through NNUF• Agreement in early stages of development

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Infrastructure

Management Program

nUsed for analyses to identify needs, redundancies,

efficiencies, distributions, etc., to best understand the utility

of DOE-NE’s available infrastructure, inform the content of

infrastructure calls, and provide information to NSUF users.

n Infrastructure information collected can be combined with

information on R&D needs as part of infrastructure gap

analysis

n NSUF created a searchable and interactive database of all

pertinent infrastructure supported by, or related to, the DOE

Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE).

n Database known as the Nuclear Energy Infrastructure

Database (NEID) and is located at nsuf-infrastructure.inl.gov

(public launch Nov 2015)

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n US Domestic Infrastructure / Capabilities – 80% of

NEID Over 140 institutions operating over 450 facilities housing over 960 instruments

Current NEID users include researchers from 75 Federal Government and National Laboratories, 38 Universities and NGOs, and 25 Industry organizations.

Infrastructure

Management Program

Test and research reactors

Hot cells

Ion beams

Support infrastructure (shipping casks, test fabrication, etc.)

State-of-the-Art instrumentation & Expertise

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Nuclear Fuels and

Materials Library (NFML)

INL Legacy

materials

Volunteered materials

from outside the INL

Supporting documentation

related to samples

n Provides irradiated samples for users to access for experimentation through

one of the competitively reviewed proposal processes.

n Critical to reducing costs and taking advantage of new ideas and future

analysis techniques and equipment.

n The library includes over 3500 specimens as part of the NSUF awarded

research. 6K – 7K additional specimens by year end.

n Most materials in NFML neutron irradiated with small number

ion irradiated.

n SAM irradiation series to stock library moving forwardn Effort to consolidate materials into easily

accessible locations to reduce costs of

retrieval.

n Web-based searchable database through

nsuf.inl.gov (public launch Sept 14, 2016).

n Interest in collaboration on international efforts.

n Materials Include:

• Steels

• Other alloys

• Ceramics

• Pure materials

• Actinides

• Fission products

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1. We can connect facilities and instruments as parts of a process

to accomplish a research method or process, such as:

Microstructural characterization of irradiated fuel.

Irradiation experiment (through design, fabrication,

irradiation, etc.)

2. We can include fuels and materials:

Nuclear Fuels and Materials Library

Link to facilities utilized

Link to researchers

3. We can connect research:

Subject matter

Facilities utilized

PIs & collaborators

4. We can include expertise:

Future Initiatives:

Integrating Databases

Materials

Research

Capabilities Expertise

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SAMPLE LIBRARY

Temperature

Dose (DPA)

Flux [x1014 ]

Fluence [x1020]

Environment

PLANNED

Temperature

Actual Dose (DPA)

Flux [x1014 ]

Fluence [x1020]

Environment

AS RUN

PROJECT NAME

Storage FACILITY

Notes

# of Samples

Samples Remaining

Specimen Availability

Certification

Certification Code

Availability Date

Capsule

Packet

Material Name

Material Description

Dimensions

KGT #

Sample ID Code

Material Code

Specimen Type

REACTOR

REACTOR POSITION

Project ID

CINR #

RTE #

NSUF Call

Award Date

Start Date

End Date

PI Name

Tech Lead

Facility Tech Lead

Collaborators Related Documents

Project Type

INSTITUTION

FACILITY

Research Area

Material TypeProposal

PROJECT DATABASEPROJECT NAME

REACTOR

REACTOR POSITION

FACILITY

INSTITUTION

NEID DATABASE

SME DATABASE

INSTITUTION

PI Name

Subject Matter

Databases Design

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Topics of Discussion

n Memorandum of Understanding• All Partner Facilities must sign

• Non-binding and negotiable

• Intended to ensure institution’s administration or management aware of arrangement

• Should help facility with support from institution

• Defines capabilities offered through NSUF, terms and conditions of use, etc.

n Non-Proprietary User Agreements• Agreement between BEA and the Awardee (Institution)

• Adapted from Office of Science NPUA

• Standard agreement for Universities and Industry

• Bi-lateral agreement for National Laboratories

• Agreement is controlled by DOE

• Contents of Interest

• Implicit title transfer (material for irradiation)

• Exclusive research rights for three years

• Indemnity and Liability

• Patent Rights

• Rights of Government

• Attachments

• Scope of Work

• Funding Statement

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RTE Rules

All proposals must achieve a scientific outcome at the NSUF facility. Therefore, proposals

requesting only sample preparation and/or shipping will not be accepted

A proposal may request use of only ONE institution. This excludes shipping and initial sample

preparation that cannot be performed at the requested institution (e.g., sample preparation at

INL for examination at IVEM is acceptable).

NSUF will only support activities/shipping at or between NSUF facilities.

Only one PI is allowed per proposal.

A PI may submit no more than two proposals per call.

A PI may have only three active RTE/beamline experiments. Additional proposals will not be

considered.

Proposals involving the examination of only non-irradiated structural or cladding materials will

not be accepted.

Proposals requiring more than nine months, from date of award, to complete work will not be

accepted.

Proposals are open to PIs affiliated with a U.S. university, national laboratory, domestic entity or

foreign entity incorporated in the U.S. In addition, proposals from PIs not from a U.S. entity will

be accepted as long as the proposal contains a collaborator who is from a U.S. university,

national laboratory, domestic entity, or foreign entity incorporated in the U.S and who has a

significant role in the experiment or project that supports the RTE.

Proposers must identify the specific source of R&D funding that will support the RTE access.

Proposals must include all publications that the PI and co-PIs have produced as a result of any

and all NSUF (RTE, beamline, and CINR) provided experiments or projects.

The proposed work should not duplicate any currently funded DOE program or project

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RTE Guidelines

n Founding RTE Principle

“Cost less than $50K and take less than a month to complete”

n Current guidelines (excluding IVEM, MRCAT and HPC)

Aid the PI in writing a feasible proposal

About three weeks and $25K at MACS

$25K available for sample preparation and shipment

Also driven by scheduling limitations

Extended to other partner facility instruments

n Proposed Guidelines

Facility and Instrument Specific

Keep the guidelines very simple (3 weeks at MACS, one instrument/day)

Keep instrument access costs below $40K

Address facility availability or other concerns

Input needed by June 30 in order to open the next RTE call

Focus on high demand instruments – add more for future calls

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n Periodic Facility Reviews / Ongoing Facility Interactions

• Review performance including milestones

• Review utilization

• Review engagement

• Review improvements

• Establish criteria

• If negative review – probation period

n Committees – what would they do?

• Executive Committee (5-10 members?, rotating membership?)

• Infrastructure Committee

• New Facility Application Review Committee (Teams?)

• Science/Technology Focus Committee

• Technical Readiness Level Evaluation Committee (Teams?)

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