STARKVILLE, Miss. - Faculty members within Mississippi State University’s departments of Aerospace Engineering and Geosciences are advancing nuclear energy technology with $1.6M in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) for two separate projects. Aerospace Engineering Assistant Professor Zhenhua Tian is serving as principal investigator for an $800,000 grant to develop and validate wireless, ultrasonic sensor arrays for real-time monitoring of welded dry canisters that store spent nuclear fuels. Rinat Gabitov, associate professor in the Department of Geosciences, is receiving $800,000 for a project to advance the functionality of engineered barrier systems through the addition of phosphate minerals in backfill mixtures, potentially improving the materials’ sorption/uptake of radionuclides in water breach scenarios. The grants are part of 99 advanced nuclear energy projects recently announced by the DoE. (Source: MSU 08/29/21)
No comments:
Post a Comment