b'Nuclear Science User Facilities FROM THE NSUFDIRECTORJ. Rory Kennedy, Ph.D.Director (208) 526-5522 rory.kennedy@inl.govN eedless to say, Fiscal Yearpercent in FY-19 compared to 37decisions for the national laboratories, 2019 (FY-19) was anotherpercent in FY-18. Overall in FY-19, weand I want to thank everyone who successful year for NSUF. Inawarded approximately $4.3 millionparticipated in this annual project. FY-19, we provided more funding toin RTE access awards. Of course, ourAdditionally, the NSUFs global more researchers than ever before,publications continue to rise as doesinfluence continued to expand in which certainly fulfills our mission ofour impact and, as this annual reportFY-19, particularly with respect to enabling researchers to do what theygoes to print, the NSUF H-index scorethe United Kingdom. I was invited to do best, research.is 24. participate in the UKs Engineering Overall, we awarded 108 projectsDuring the fiscal year, we alsoand Physical Sciences Council led by 95 different researchers fromcompleted our annual gap analysis ofreview of the Phase 2 solicitation for 41 separate organizations. NineNSUF infrastructure. When we wereequipment requests. The available of our awards were of the largertasked by DOE in 2014 to build andfunds totaled 81.5M ($100M) cost and longer-term type frommanage a database to track all DOE-NEand will represent a major boost to the annual Consolidated Innovativesupported or related infrastructure,nuclear energy research in the UK. Nuclear Research (CINR) Fundingthis also came with the task ofThe Nuclear Energy R&D Cooperative Opportunity Announcement (FOA)annually identifying gaps. DuringAction Plan between the DOE and and were awarded to university,our FY-19 gap analysis, NSUF usersthe UKs Department for Business, national laboratory, and industryand researchers in the field identifiedEnergy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) research groups for a total of $16.2a good number of needs includingwas signed in late 2018 and the million. This is a significant increaseHalden Reactor Project expertise,NSUF is tasked with collaborating from FY-18. These projects willcapabilities, and technologieswith the UK National Nuclear User address questions important to theand the Materials in a RadiationFacility (NNUF) in the Enabling nuclear community, and industryEnvironment (MRE) facility at NSLS-IITechnologies Working Group. Finally, researchers are leading four projectsat Brookhaven National Laboratory,I participated in the 8th annual and collaborating on two others.the Activated Materials LaboratoryUK Nuclear Academics Discussion In addition to our CINR work, our(AML) at the APS at Argonne NationalMeeting (NADM) and presented an Rapid Turnaround ExperimentsLaboratory, and the TN Lab or Flyingoverview of NSUF and an update on (RTEs) continue to be popular amongPig irradiated fuel transport caskits strategic direction, capabilities, researchers and are highly productive.just to name a few. We use these andoperational model, and initiatives. All We awarded a higher percentage ofthe other identified gaps as our guidethis is not to forget the advances made RTEs than in FY 2018, funding 54when making infrastructure fundingin our important collaboration with 6'