b'N AT I O N A LU N I V E R S I T Y P R O G R A M SNational University ConsortiumINL established the NUC inNUC highlights2005 with partner universities Massachusetts Institute ofFission Battery Initiative: The Nuclear Science Technology, North Carolina Stateand Technology directorate initiated a fission University, Ohio State University,battery strategic grand challenge initiative that Oregon State University andenvisions developing technologies that enable University of New Mexico. NUCsnuclear reactor systems to function as batteries, collaborative research strengthensreferred to as fission batteries. Idaho National the portfolios of INL and theLaboratory and the NUC executed a workshop universities to advance the nationsseries between January and April 2021 related strategic nuclear energy objectives,to this important initiative. In FY-22, the NUC teamVivek Agarwal, clean energy initiatives and criticaland NS&T prepared for the Lightweight Materialtechnical lead, Fission infrastructure security goals. Workshop that happened in Nov. 2022. Battery Initiative Summary of NUCA Special Issue in Progress in Nuclear Technology: collaborations: Innovations Addressing Technical Issues Posed by Fission Battery Attributes was published as a resultComplement capabilities of the Fission Battery workshop series.to accomplish INLs missionSEED awards: FY-22 SEED deed proposals were awarded with Oregon Establish long-termState and Ohio State supporting the Nuclear Reactor Sustainment and relationshipsExpanded Deployment and Advanced Materials and Manufacturing for Extreme Environments initiatives.Educate the next generation The FY-22 second quarter seed award, An accelerated assessment Support INL initiatives, includingof the creep mechanisms in uranium zirconium model alloys, was workshops and collaborationled by INL primary investigator David Frazer (MFC), with Dewen sessions, proposal writing forYushu (NS&T) and Tianyi Chen (Oregon State).funding, joint publications, and summer faculty engagements The FY-22 third quarter seed award, Effect of oxide inclusions on the mechanical properties of additively manufactured stainless steel, was led by INL primary investigator Yachun Wang (NS&T) with Gerald Frankel (Ohio State).Joint Peer Reviewed Publications: During FY-22, NUC had 70 publications. According to the Nature journal metrics it had an impact factor of 69.5.Visit the NUC website here.28'