Research Projects
INL's Laboratory-Directed Research and Development Projects
The LDRD program offers researchers opportunities to pursue their ideas across INL’s five science and technology initiatives and other strategic areas. LDRD investments stimulate high-impact and high-risk research projects, amplify INL’s core capabilities, and help recruit world-class talent.
The Fission Battery Initiative has had several INL LDRD projects funded in support of its mission.
Project Title |
Principal Investigator |
Start Date |
End Date |
Fiscal Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Project Title
Uncertainty Quantification Approach for Digital Twin-based Autonomous Control |
Principal Investigator
Linyu Lin
|
Start Date
October 1, 2023 |
End Date
September 30, 2026 |
Fiscal Year
2024 |
|
Project Title
Economics Driven, Advanced Manufacturing Based Optimization of Fission Battery Mass Production |
Principal Investigator
Chandrakanth Bolisetti
|
Start Date
October 1, 2023 |
End Date
September 30, 2026 |
Fiscal Year
2024 |
|
Project Title
Resilient Remote Operation of Microreactors and Fission Batteries |
Principal Investigator
Joseph E. Oncken
|
Start Date
October 1, 2022 |
End Date
September 30, 2025 |
Fiscal Year
2023 |
|
Project Title
Integrated Reactor Shield-Structures for Fission Batteries |
Principal Investigator
Samuel E. Bays
|
Start Date
October 1, 2022 |
End Date
September 30, 2025 |
Fiscal Year
2023 |
|
Project Title
Development of Light-weight Structural Materials with Improved Mechanical Properties for Fission Batteries Application |
Principal Investigator
Rongjie Song
|
Start Date
October 1, 2022 |
End Date
September 30, 2025 |
Fiscal Year
2023 |
|
Project Title
A Causal Approach to Model Validation and Calibration |
Principal Investigator
Diego Mandelli
|
Start Date
October 1, 2022 |
End Date
September 30, 2024 |
Fiscal Year
2023 |
|
Project Title
Promoting Optimal Sparse Sensing and Sparse Learning for Nuclear Digital Twins |
Principal Investigator
Mohammad G. Abdo
|
Start Date
October 1, 2021 |
End Date
September 30, 2024 |
Fiscal Year
2022 |
|
Project Title
Scalable Framework of Hybrid Modeling with Anticipatory Control Strategy for Autonomous Operation of Modular and Microreactors |
Principal Investigator
Vivek Agarwal
|
Start Date
October 1, 2020 |
End Date
September 30, 2023 |
Fiscal Year
2021 |
|
Project Title
Unattended Operation through Digital Twin Innovations |
Principal Investigator
Jeren M. Browning
|
Start Date
October 1, 2020 |
End Date
September 30, 2023 |
Fiscal Year
2021 |
|
Project Title
Quantitative Reliability Analysis for Unattended Operation of Fission Batteries |
Principal Investigator
Steven R. Prescott
|
Start Date
October 1, 2020 |
End Date
September 30, 2023 |
Fiscal Year
2021 |
