Funding decision

ARCHIVED – NSERC-NRCan partnership to fund research on small modular reactors

The table below shows the last 5 years of funding recipients by the year they applied.

You can find older results by searching NSERC’s Awards Database.

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Year	Researcher	Project Title	Institution	Partner(s)	Area(s) of Application	Funding Amount	Type of Call
2023	Zou, Yu	Hybrid Manufacturing and Experimental Validation of Metallic Components for Small Modular Reactors	University of Toronto	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Kinectrics Inc.; Natural Resources Canada	Nuclear energy; Materials performance	800000	NRCan - SMR
2023	Grosvenor, Andrew	The development of glass-ceramic composite materials for the sequestration of intermediate level waste generated by SMRs	University of Saskatchewan	Natural Resources Canada	Nuclear energy; Waste, waste management and recycling	60000	NRCan - SMR
2023	Abdolvand, Hamidreza	Understanding the micromechanics of surrogate TRISO fuels: modeling and experimentation	Western University	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Natural Resources Canada	Nuclear energy; Materials performance	719500	NRCan - SMR
2023	Larivière, Dominic	Distant sensing of alpha- and beta-emitters in nuclear waste management operations through nanotechnologies and artificial intelligence (DABNAI)	Université Laval	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Hydro-Québec; Natural Resources Canada	Nuclear energy; Waste, waste management and recycling	389216	NRCan - SMR
2023	Béland, Laurent Karim	Accelerated qualification of nuclear materials: a joint experimental and computational approach	Queen's University	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Natural Resources Canada	Nuclear energy; Materials performance	800000	NRCan - SMR
2023	Szpunar, Jerzy	Uranium-Based Fuels in Operational Conditions of Canadian Small Nuclear Reactors	University of Saskatchewan	Natural Resources Canada	Energy resources (including production, exploration, processing, distribution and use); Environment	599707	NRCan - SMR
2023	Situm, Arthur	The development of small modular reactor waste strategies for Saskatchewan	University of Regina	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; City of Estevan; Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan; Natural Resources Canada; Nuclear Waste Man. Organization; Westinghouse Canada Inc.	Waste, waste management and recycling; Nuclear energy	880000	NRCan - SMR
2023	Gateman, Samantha	Addressing long-term containment of Small modular reactor fuel waste using a chemical and materials science approach	Western University	Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd; Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Kinectrics Inc.; Natural Resources Canada; Nuclear Waste Man. Organization; UNENE	Materials performance; Nuclear energy	864000	NRCan - SMR
2023	Li, Dongyang	Development of advanced high-entropy alloys for small modular reactors	University of Alberta	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Kinectrics Inc.; Natural Resources Canada	Materials performance; Nuclear energy	580000	NRCan - SMR
2023	Mehran, Babak	A Risk-based Decision Support Tool for Transportation of SMRs and Related Radioactive Materials	University of Manitoba	Natural Resources Canada	Transportation systems and services; Environment	307000	NRCan - SMR
2023	Hébert, Alain	Small modular reactors: Characterization of fuel and multi-year simulation of operation	École Polytechnique de Montréal	Natural Resources Canada	Nuclear energy; Energy resources (including production, exploration, processing, distribution and use)	200000	NRCan - SMR
2023	Gerlich, Adrian	Welding Technologies for the SMR Supply Chain	University of Waterloo	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Liburdi Engineering Limited; Natural Resources Canada; Sorsys Technologies Inc.; Terrestrial Energy Inc.	Fabricated metal products; Manufacturing processes and products	320693	NRCan - SMR
2023	Kish, Joseph	Developing Laser Decontamination Technologies for the Minimization of SMR Metallic Wastes	McMaster University	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; McMaster University; Natural Resources Canada; UNENE	Nuclear energy	1000000	NRCan - SMR
2023	Novog, David	3-Dimensional analysis and inspection methodologies for SMR component reliability	McMaster University	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Natural Resources Canada; Nray Services Inc.; Technical University of Munich	Nuclear energy	799300	NRCan - SMR
2023	Atkinson, Kirk	Development of a gamma ray imaging system for through-life burn up, composition and integrity assessment of small modular reactor fuels and materials	Ontario Tech University	Natural Resources Canada	Nuclear energy	358600	NRCan - SMR

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