64 Acollaborationbetweenseveraluniversities,includingTheOhioStateUniversity,furtheredthe efforttobetterunderstandthefutureofhybridenergysystems.HESaretypicallymadeupoftwoor moreenergysources,suchasnuclearandrenewables,anddecreasedependenceonasingularand, dependingonthesource,limitedenergysupply. TheLDRDprojecttitled“TransientModelingofIntegratedNuclearEnergySystemswithThermal EnergyStorageandComponentAgingandPreliminaryModelValidationviaExperiment”ledbyINL’s ShannonBragg-Sitton(pictured)aimedtoenhancethedynamicmodelingcapabilityanddevelop newmethodstoevaluatethestabilityofcontrolsystemsforcomplexintegratedenergysystems. COMPETITIVE AWARDS Laboratory-DirectedResearchandDevelopment • • The Ohio State University (5) NuclearEnergyUniversityProgram • • R&D:The Ohio State University (3) NuclearScienceUserFacilities • • University of Cincinnati RESEARCH AGREEMENTS CooperativeResearchandDevelopmentAgreement • • Momentive StrategicPartnershipProject • • Battelle Memorial Institute • • Department of Defense (2) • • U.S. Army Air Force Research Laboratory (2) LicenseAgreements • • The Ohio State University (2) • • University of Akron SUBCONTRACTS Subcontracts in Ohio totaled $2.5M. OHIO OHIO