AWARD
A -- RECOVERY - HIGH-SPEED NEUTRON AND GAMMA FLUX SENSOR FOR MONITORING SURFACENUCLEAR REACTORS
- Notice Date
- 2/2/2010
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA Shared Services Center Procurement Division Building 1111 Stennis SpaceCenter, MS 39529-6000
- ZIP Code
- 39529-6000
- Solicitation Number
- NNX10RA00P
- Response Due
- 12/2/2009
- Archive Date
- 12/1/2010
- Point of Contact
- Cassandra Williams, Contracting Officer, Phone 228-813-6271, Fax 228-813-6434, Email cassandra.williams-1@nasa.gov - Rosa L. Fletcher, Contracting Officer, Phone 228-813-6590, Fax 228-813-6434, Email rosa.l.fletcher@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Cassandra Williams
(cassandra.williams-1@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- NNX10RA56P
- Award Date
- 1/29/2010
- Awardee
- Luna Innovations Inc 1 Riverside Cir Ste 400 Roanoke VA 24016-4909
- Award Amount
- 99991.00
- Description
- SBIR/STTR Program - NASA needs compact nuclear reactors to power future bases onthe moon and Mars. These reactors require robust automatic control systems using lowmass, rapid response, in-core reactor power monitoring sensors and radiation tolerantsensor interrogation systems that do not yet exist. Luna proposes to develop a new typeof fiber optic miniature neutron flux and gamma flux sensor, which will havesignificantly faster response than recently developed fiber optic radiation sensors. Thenew sensors will maintain the advantages of current fiber optic reactor sensortechnology, including small size for in-core sensor distributions, high temperatureperformance (above 600oC), and immunity to electrical noise in the presence of ionizingradiation. During Phase I, Luna will demonstrate the feasibility of high-speed fiber optic gammaflux sensors in a nuclear reactor. Phase II will optimize the sensor design and theinterrogation system for high temperature in-core monitoring of both gamma flux andneutron flux with internal thermal compensation and in-situ thermal calibration. At theend of Phase II, Luna will deliver a lightweight sensor interrogation system, utilizingexperimentally verified radiation hardened components wherever possible, and including ananalog output signal for interfacing with standard reactor control electronics. <P>
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