“As a result of the NRIC FY-21 grant, GERA has made progress obtaining independent ACE Engine technology performance capabilities confirmation. This independent ACE Engine V&V effort, coupled with the modest government support, has helped build stakeholder confidence and allowed GERA to continue on a path toward commercialization. This grant also helped identify a few potential ongoing collaboration opportunities with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which we hope to explore in the future.”

“I wanted to take this opportunity to again thank you for facilitating NRIC support for our reactor development toward demonstration and provide an update on progress. As you know, Argonne National Laboratory is constructing a SAM model of our Molten Salt Nuclear Battery design with the support of Dr.’s Hua and Hu. Information critical to model construction has been discussed and transmitted. Valuable technical feedback and questions have prompted us to conduct further design optimization evaluations and improvement opportunities.”

“NRIC Resource Team support has been critical in the design progress made by Radiant in 2021 and is the single most flexible and rapid federal support we have experienced to date. Most federal support requires several months to write a proposal, review it, negotiate, and more time up front also to identify a proposal that aligns with the work to be done. This model can cause a year delay between a good idea and a result, greatly slowing product development progress. NRIC hours are the opposite. They can be deployed immediately and have allowed Radiant to engage with subject matter experts at labs to review material properties, simulation and validation models, and qualification risk assessments in many areas of our reactor design.”

“With this letter I wanted to provide feedback on the consulting services that are being offered by U.S. national laboratory personnel to the Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor (LFR) program, as part of the initiative sponsored by the US-DOE National Reactor Innovation Center. The Westinghouse-LFR program is benefitting from these consulting services as they allow Westinghouse personnel to directly interact with leading experts in selected areas of plant modeling and development. These interactions enable Westinghouse to obtain information and recommendations based on the know-how and overall experience of these individuals, beyond what can be collected through already-existing collaborations or general networking. These leading experts contributed to filling some knowledge gaps, supporting analyses and de-risking development activities that Westinghouse is planning to carry out as part of LFR development.”

“NRIC Resource Team expects to be fully engaged in September to complete Kairos’s requested scope. Kairos did provide feedback on other NRIC support to illustrate they expect the same value from the NRT. Both of our NRIC partnerships have provided valuable interactions in understanding the scope of some technical challenges, where the researchers are clear leaders in their technical area, and where access to other knowledgeable technical experts is very limited. We look forward to continued engagement with these experts in executing on analytical and experimental programs that would take considerable resources for us to accomplish otherwise.”

“As a result of the NRIC FY-21 grant, GERA has made progress obtaining independent ACE Engine technology performance capabilities confirmation. This independent ACE Engine V&V effort, coupled with the modest government support, has helped build stakeholder confidence and allowed GERA to continue on a path toward commercialization. This grant also helped identify a few potential ongoing collaboration opportunities with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which we hope to explore in the future.”

“I wanted to take this opportunity to again thank you for facilitating NRIC support for our reactor development toward demonstration and provide an update on progress. As you know, Argonne National Laboratory is constructing a SAM model of our Molten Salt Nuclear Battery design with the support of Dr.’s Hua and Hu. Information critical to model construction has been discussed and transmitted. Valuable technical feedback and questions have prompted us to conduct further design optimization evaluations and improvement opportunities.”

“NRIC Resource Team support has been critical in the design progress made by Radiant in 2021 and is the single most flexible and rapid federal support we have experienced to date. Most federal support requires several months to write a proposal, review it, negotiate, and more time up front also to identify a proposal that aligns with the work to be done. This model can cause a year delay between a good idea and a result, greatly slowing product development progress. NRIC hours are the opposite. They can be deployed immediately and have allowed Radiant to engage with subject matter experts at labs to review material properties, simulation and validation models, and qualification risk assessments in many areas of our reactor design.”

“With this letter I wanted to provide feedback on the consulting services that are being offered by U.S. national laboratory personnel to the Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor (LFR) program, as part of the initiative sponsored by the US-DOE National Reactor Innovation Center. The Westinghouse-LFR program is benefitting from these consulting services as they allow Westinghouse personnel to directly interact with leading experts in selected areas of plant modeling and development. These interactions enable Westinghouse to obtain information and recommendations based on the know-how and overall experience of these individuals, beyond what can be collected through already-existing collaborations or general networking. These leading experts contributed to filling some knowledge gaps, supporting analyses and de-risking development activities that Westinghouse is planning to carry out as part of LFR development.”

“NRIC Resource Team expects to be fully engaged in September to complete Kairos’s requested scope. Kairos did provide feedback on other NRIC support to illustrate they expect the same value from the NRT. Both of our NRIC partnerships have provided valuable interactions in understanding the scope of some technical challenges, where the researchers are clear leaders in their technical area, and where access to other knowledgeable technical experts is very limited. We look forward to continued engagement with these experts in executing on analytical and experimental programs that would take considerable resources for us to accomplish otherwise.”