SBIR/STTR Research Award
Radiation-Hardened Visual Inspection Systems for Nuclear Energy
Award amount
$150,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- VEGA WAVE SYSTEMS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2014-06-09
- Contract end date
- 2015-03-08
- UEI
- H6KGL84TA7E4
- Solicitation number
- DE-FOA-0001046
- Topic code
- 19a
Research abstract
Improvements and advances are needed in the technical area of Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation technologies to enhance economic competitiveness for nuclear power plants and promote a high level of nuclear safety. Currently, visual inspection systems for Nuclear Energy applications in the core, or in accident conditions are extremely limited. Commercially available vision systems are not radiation-tolerant. Borescopes have been used recently to inspect damage from accidents, but have an extremely limited lifetime. To address these needs, Vega Wave Systems will develop a radiation hardened vision system for Nuclear Power Plant Applications. Commercial Applications and Other Benefits: The vision system developed in this program will enable improved inspection of nuclear power plants, spent fuel, and nuclear accident sites.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Radiation-Hardened Robotics for Inspection of Reactor Systems within the Biological Shield
- Radiation-Hardened Robotics for Fuel Inventory and Inspections in Nuclear Reactor Vessels
- Three-Dimensional, Ultra-Radiation-Hardened Video System for Nuclear Power Plant Inspection
- Real-time, Radiation-Hardened Video System for Operational Monitoring in Nuclear Reactor Vessels
- Radiation Hardened Vision System for Nuclear Energy, Visual Inspection, and Accountability
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- A New High Flux with High Selectivity Membrane for Low Cost CO2 Capture
- Ultra-thin robust membrane for low cost carbon capture.
- High-Selectivity, High-Flux Gel-Based Membrane for the Separation of Carbon Dioxide
- Multi-Functional Metal/Ceramic Separators for Nonaqueous Redox Flow Batteries
- Advanced Multifunctional Battery Separators for Novel Liquid Electrolytes
Research funding history
33 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2024). Reported award amounts total $7,675,823. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration