DENA0004196

Consortium for Enabling Technologies and Innovation 2.0 is to direct the multidisciplinary research and innovation that enable the technologies that support the NNSA DNN R&D,

to train the next-generation of researchers,

and to bridge the gap between the university basic research and national laboratories’ mission-specific applications.

Georgia Tech Research

THE DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (DNN R&D) PROGRAM SEEKS TO ESTABLISH TWO UNIVERSITY CONSORTIA TO CONDUCT UNCLASSIFIED RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION. DNN R&D’S RESEARCH AREAS ARE FOCUSED ON THE OBJECTIVES LISTED BELOW. SUCCESSFUL PROPOSALS WILL IDENTIFY A WELL-STRUCTURED TEAM OF UNIVERSITIES POSITIONED TO PARTNER WITH THE DOE LABORATORIES, PLANTS, AND OTHER FIELD SITES TO CONDUCT RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF AT LEAST THREE OF THESE OBJECTIVES: HOWEVER, IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROPOSALS INCORPORATE EVERY OBJECTIVE, AS THAT WOULD LIKELY SPREAD RESOURCES TOO THINLY TO ACCOMPLISH MEANINGFUL DNN R&D. IDEALLY, THE PROPOSALS WILL CONNECT THE CHOSEN RESEARCH OBJECTIVES BY A COMMON THREAD AND ARE WELL-MATCHED TO RESEARCH CAPABILITIES THAT EXIST AT THE PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES AND PARTNER LABORATORIES. -DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS TO DETECT, LOCATE, AND CHARACTERIZE PRODUCTION OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL AND OTHER MATERIALS, SUCH AS TRITIUM. THE FATE AND TRANSPORT IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF RELEVANT EFFLUENTS IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. - DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS FOR NUCLEAR INCIDENT RESPONSE. - DEVELOP NEW METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO SAFEGUARD NUCLEAR MATERIAL AND DETECT DIVERSION OF IT FROM CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWER PURPOSES. - DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS TO MONITOR AND VERIFY POTENTIAL FUTURE ARMS CONTROL TREATIES, WITH A FOCUS ON NUCLEAR WARHEADS AND NUCLEAR MATERIAL PRODUCTION. TECHNOLOGIES SHOULD PLACE AN EMPHASIS ON ACHIEVING HIGHCONFIDENCE VERIFICATION WHILE PROTECTING SENSITIVE INFORMATION ABOUT WEAPONS OR FACILITIES. - DEVELOP NEW AND NOVEL RADIATION DETECTION MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES, AND ALGORITHMS. - DEVELOP NEW REMOTE SENSING TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS IN SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION. DNN R&D DEFINES REMOTE SENSING AS SENSING AT DISTANCES GREATER THAN 100 METERS, BOTH TERRESTRIAL AND SPACE BASED. - DEVELOP NEW OR IMPROVED LABORATORY MEASUREMENT CAPABILITIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES, BOTH GAS AND PARTICULATE, IN SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION. - DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN NUCLEAR DATA INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT RELEVANT NUCLEAR DATA MEASUREMENTS, THEORETICAL WORK, AND EVALUATION EFFORTS. PERFORM TARGETED MEASUREMENTS OF NUCLEAR DATA QUANTITIES THAT ADDRESS UNCERTAINTY DRIVERS FOR SPECIFIC NONPROLIFERATION APPLICATIONS. - DEVELOP DATA SCIENCE, MACHINE LEARNING, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THESE OBJECTIVES. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL TWINS RELEVANT TO NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION AS WELL AS THE INCORPORATION OF COMPUTER VISION AND AUGMENTED/VIRTUAL REALITY CAPABILITIES TO ENHANCE MISSION PLANNING AND EFFECTIVENESS. - DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO FUTURE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION PRIORITIES BY IDENTIFYING AND LEVERAGING OR COUNTERING EMERGING AND DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES.

81.113 - Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) [DOE]

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Funds [DOE - NNSA]

Atlanta, Georgia United States

City-Wide

DNN RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY PROGRAM: CONSORTIA FOR NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION (DE-FOA-0003180)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 100% from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000.