Department of Energy Announces $4.6 Million for Research on Public-Private Partnership Awards to Advance Fusion Energy Announcement Number: INFUSE 2023 RFA (posted by ORNL) List Posted: 7/25/2023 Selection for award negotiations is not a commitment to issue an award or provide funding. Award Details: 1. Principal Investigator: Sorensen, Caroline Title: Electrochemical Evaluation of Hydrogen Concentration and Diffusivity in FLiBe Institution: Commonwealth Fusion Systems City: Cambridge State: MA 9-digit zip code: 02139-4239 Partner: UC Berkeley 2. Principal Investigator: Hannasch, Andrea Title: Design of proton diagnostics operating at high repetition rate to advance proton fast ignition Institution: Focused Energy Inc. City: Austin State: TX 9-digit zip code: 78758-3352 Partner: PPPL 3. Principal Investigator: Freeman, Christopher Title: DEvelopment of Tritium Sensors for Enabling Low-Carbon Technologies for FUSION (DETECT – FUSION) Institution: Baker Hughes City: Houston State: TX 9-digit zip code: 77073-5101 Partner: Penn State Univ. 4. Principal Investigator: Huang, Yibing Title: A low AC loss, fast ramp HTS solenoid prototype for compact Spherical Tokamak Institution: Bruker OST City: Carteret State: NJ 9-digit zip code: 07008-1115 Partner: PPPL 5. Principal Investigator: Koepke, Mark Title: Post Irradiation Examination of Nickel Doped Fusion Steels Irradiated in the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) Institution: Tokamak Energy Inc City: Bruceton Mills State: WV 9-digit zip code: 26525-5526 Partner: ORNL 6. Principal Investigator: Dorn, Chris Title: A Multiphysics Simulation of Magnetohydrodynamic Li-Pb Flow in a Blanket Module with SiCf/SiC as Structural Material Institution: Kyoto Fusioneering America Ltd. City: Seattle State: WA 9-digit zip code: 98101-1217 Partner: PPPL 7. Principal Investigator: Kuang, Adam Title: Deuterium retention in boron dust Institution: Commonwealth Fusion Systems City: Cambridge State: MA 9-digit zip code: 02139-4239 Partner: PPPL 8. Principal Investigator: Necas, Ales Title: Integrated kinetic modeling of a biased expander using Aleph code Institution: TAE Technologies City: Foothill Ranch State: CA 9-digit zip code: 92610-2603 Partner: SNL 9. Principal Investigator: Masur, Lawrence Title: Opportunities for Fusion Coil System in a Compact Spherical Tokamak using Low Cost, High Field Superconductors Made in USA Institution: Gauss Fusion Inc. City: Billerica State: MA 9-digit zip code: 01821-3915 Partner: PPPL 10. Principal Investigator: Dorn, Chris Title: Evaluating Lithium-Lead Mixtures for Increased Tritium Breeding in Fusion Energy Blanket Systems: Exploring the Impact of Composition and Temperature Institution: Kyoto Fusioneering America Ltd. City: Seattle State: WA 9-digit zip code: 98101-1217 Partner: ORNL 11. Principal Investigator: Drobny, Jon Title: In-situ measurements of hydrogen-titanium plasma-material interactions for model validation Institution: TAE Technologies City: Foothill Ranch State: CA 9-digit zip code: 92610-2603 Partner: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 12. Principal Investigator: Zarnstorff, Michael Title: Efficient Tritium Extraction from Liquid Lithium Institution: Stellarex, Inc. City: Wilmington State: DE 9-digit zip code: 19808-1674 Partner: SRNL 13. Principal Investigator: Kumar, Santhosh Title: Developing a renewable first wall with boron pebbles. Institution: Princeton Stellarators Inc. City: Branchburg State: NJ 9-digit zip code: 08853-4140 Partner: UC San Diego 14. Principal Investigator: Mehlhorn, Thomas Title: Design and simulation of innovative p-11B targets for IFE Institution: HB11 Energy USA LLC City: Houston State: TX 9-digit zip code: 77092-4010 Partner: Univ. of Rochester Lab for Laser Energetics 15. Principal Investigator: Furlong, Kieran Title: ORNL Portable Diagnostic Package for Evaluating Mirror Performance Institution: Realta Fusion City: Madison State: WI 9-digit zip code: 53726-4014 Partner: ORNL 16. Principal Investigator: Garrison, Lauren Title: Informing ARC divertor design and plasma facing material selection through integrated modeling Institution: Commonwealth Fusion Systems City: Cambridge State: MA 9-digit zip code: 02139-4239 Partner: UCLA 17. Principal Investigator: Dorn, Chris Title: Evaluating Lithium Compatibility for Electrode Materials Used in an Electrolysis-Based Tritium Extraction Process Institution: Kyoto Fusioneering America Ltd. City: Seattle State: WA 9-digit zip code: 98101-1217 Partner: SRNL 18. Principal Investigator: Pancotti, Anthony Title: Nonlinear kinetic simulation study of non-equilibrium and merging FRCs Institution: Helion Energy City: Everett State: WA 9-digit zip code: 98203-6257 Partner: PPPL