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The Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) is a unique federal program established in 2007 to provide no-cost access to unique capabilities for a broad range of researchers to address the important issues relevant to irradiation effects in nuclear fuels and materials. With the new race to deploy advanced nuclear energy technologies, broad access to user facilities has never been more important.
NSUF has assembled a consortium of 21 US “partner” institutions, leveraging capital investments at national laboratories, universities, and industry to open these capabilities to researchers. These capabilities include neutron, ion, and gamma irradiation, hot cells, advanced material characterization, and high-performance computing with AI and data archiving.
The NSUF goal is to produce the highest quality research results to increase understanding of advanced nuclear energy technologies important to DOE-NE and support national priorities by adapting to the needs of DOE-NE programs, industry, and new innovative concepts. |