After receiving over $2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, UW-Madison engineering physics researchers will collaborate with other universities to develop future nuclear energy technology.
UW-Madison research Professor Kumar Sridharan is working to create models and databases to facilitate the design, installation and licensing of dry used-nuclear-fuel storage systems with the capacity to hold fuel for up to 300 years.
In a second project, UW-Madison engineering physics Professor Todd Allen, senior scientist Mark Anderson and Sridharan will collaborate with two other universities to test an advanced reactor design, which will generate electricity more efficiently and safely.
UW-Madison will also use the money to purchase a detection system for a scanning-electron microscope, upgrade the control systems of a particle accelerator, and improve thermal-hydraulic testing facilities.
Additionally, the funds will help UW-Madison upgrade its research reactor with new water purification equipment.
