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There is no manufacturing solution available today that can achieve quick-turn production of spaceborne printed circuit boards while adhering to the rigidity requirements of industry standards and surviving the rigors of space launch and flight. To fulfill the production needs of the defense and aerospace industries, this program will develop an additive manufacturing process combining the ruggedn ...

Geothermal is a critical, yet underutilized, resource for our nation’s climate and energy goals. Geothermal, like other new technologies whose socioeconomic impacts are not fully understood, may cause disproportionately high adverse effects on disadvantaged communities. This is especially true if the process does not fully account for their socioeconomic and cultural interests and concerns. Unfo ...

A major barrier to advances of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing and largescale DOE facilities is incomplete and inaccurate data sets. The proposed distributed framework offers a versatile, high-performance, and extremely scalable data consolidation platform, adept at handling vast amounts of data. The "data mesh" or "distributed data lake" architecture allows ...

Statement of the problem or situation that is being addressed:Nuclear fission generates volatile iodine isotopes which must be captured for safe disposal. This project will develop improved sorbents, which include reusable sorbents and sorbents that comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, for the capture and disposal of iodine-129.General statement of how this problem is being addr ...

The oil and gas industry is a large source of greenhouse gas emissions, especially methane, which has a global warming potential about 36 times greater than CO2 over 100 years. A significant portion of methane emissions is associated with flaring, used to safely to burn unwanted hydrocarbons in fuel or waste products before release to the atmosphere; however, non-optimal flare operating conditions ...

Sterile keV neutrinos are natural extensions to the standard model of particle physics and a possible candidate for warm dark matter. STAR Cryoelectronics has developed X-ray detectors that are currently being used by a collaboration between the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the Colorado School of Mines for the world’s most sensitive sterile neutrino search in the mass range ...

The oil and natural gas industry is the largest source of methane emissions in the United States, responsible for about 30% of total emissions. The problem is that numerous peer-reviewed publications are being published regularly indicating that emissions are either higher than reported or higher than expected. Within oil and gas, refineries are one of the larger sources of methane. This is becaus ...

C56-40v-272647Next-generation nuclear power plants can provide a large-scale source of environmentally benign power generation while improving safety and minimizing proliferation risks. For best performance, these reactors will require large numbers of uranium alloy fuel slugs produced with metallurgical properties that enable reliable, long-term operation. No method currently exists for high-volu ...

C56-41b-273026Welded stainless steel canisters at near-marine sites that contain spent nuclear fuel (SNF) have been found with salts on their outer surface that can produce an aggressive chemical environment. These conditions could lead to pitting, stress corrosion cracking (SCC), and potential release of radioactive materials. We propose to develop an innovative process and device for mitigating ...

Physical security is a major cost driver for nuclear sites, including a large up-front investment in perimeter intrusion detection systems (PIDS) and millions more for security forces to monitor and respond to alarms. The future of advanced, small modular, and microreactors (ASMR) depends on cost reductions to compete with other sources of electricity. Advances in sensor technology by themselves h ...