Contribution: Enabling Small Modular Reactors Program
THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
$4,999,996.00
Safety Assessment & Fuel Evaluation of TRISO (SAFE-T)
FY 2024-25 · 2025-03-04
Summary
To investigate the properties and performance of TRISO-based used fuel to advance the management, characterization, and minimization of TRISO-based used fuel for SMRs in Canada.
Department
Program
Enabling Small Modular Reactors Program
Recipient
Location
LONDON | LONDON, Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
As published
Additional Information
Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.
Additional Information (French)
Subvention ou contribution octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier.
Agreement End Date
2027-03-31
Agreement Number
ENBL-SMR-028
Agreement Start Date
2025-03-04
Agreement Title
Safety Assessment & Fuel Evaluation of TRISO (SAFE-T)
Agreement Title (French)
Évaluation de la sûreté et du combustible de TRISO (SAFE-T)
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$4,999,996.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
To investigate the properties and performance of TRISO-based used fuel to advance the management, characterization, and minimization of TRISO-based used fuel for SMRs in Canada.
Description (French)
Étudier les propriétés et la performance du combustible usé à base de TRISO afin de faire progresser la gestion, la caractérisation et la minimisation du combustible usé à base de TRISO pour les PRM au Canada.
Expected Results
Provide a common knowledge base for decision makers and SMR developers for the long-term management of TRISO-based used fuel.
Expected Results (French)
Fournir une base de connaissances commune aux décideurs et aux développeurs de PRM pour la gestion à long terme des combustibles usés à base de TRISO.
Foreign Currency Type
CAD
Foreign Currency Value
$0.00
Organization Code
nrcan-rncan
Organization
Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Program Name
Enabling Small Modular Reactors Program
Program Name (French)
Programme facilitant les petits réacteurs modulaires
Program Purpose
The objective is to support the establishment of conditions and enabling frameworks necessary for SMRs to displace fossil fuels and contribute to climate change mitigation, by supporting research on waste management and minimization for SMRs and SMR supply chains (including fuel supply).
Program Purpose (French)
L'objectif est de faciliter les conditions et la mise en place des cadres propices nécessaires au remplacement des combustibles fossiles par les PRM et à l'atténuation des changements climatiques, en appuyant la recherche pour la gestion des déchets des PRM, et en soutenant les chaînes d'approvisionnement, ainsi que l'approvisionnement en carburant.
Recipient City
LONDON | LONDON
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
Recipient Postal Code
N6A 3K7
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient Type
S
Reference Number
115-2024-2025-Q4-16407
