TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 18 Licensing Highlights 100th licensing agreement for RELAP5-3D In April, INL signed its 100th active license agreement for the Reactor Excursion and Leak Analysis Program 5-3D (RELAP5-3D) program, making it one of the most widely licensed, royalty-producing products within the DOE. RELAP dates back to the 1960s, when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission identified a need for reactor safety analysis software.While primarily used for water-cooled nuclear power plants, it is also used for modeling of jet aircraft engines and fossil power plant components. RELAP5-3D sustains itself primarily with membership fees from the International RELAP Users Group (IRUG), which provides funding to continually upgrade and maintain this safety analysis code. On-Site Inspection RadioIsotopic Spectroscopy (OSIRIS) INL and Advanced Measurement Technology, Inc., entered into a licensing agreement in March 2017 for On-Site Inspection Radio Isotopic Spectroscopy (OSIRIS), a gamma-ray spectrometer designed to detect specific radionuclides whose presence is certain evidence of nuclear explosions, in support of the provisions of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).The OSIRIS equipment is designed in a manner that precludes its diversion to proliferating uses and thus can be deployed to more countries. Advanced Electrolyte Model INL signed four licensing agreements in 2017 for the Advanced Electrolyte Model (AEM), a software modeling program that quickly and accurately assesses interactions of electrolytic solutions in batteries. Offering data and reporting on more than 35 key parameters, its modeled predictions have been experimentally verified to be within a 5- to 10-percent deviation of lab data, often less. The technology won an R&D 100 Award in 2014, has been utilized by Dow Chemical Co., Xalt Energy and others, and was licensed by Canada’s Dalhousie University, a leading battery development research center. Hydrothermal Liquefication of Brown Grease from Waste WaterTreatment Plants CF Technologies, Inc., signed a licensing agreement with INL in conjunction with a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award for development of ASTM-certified B-100 biofuel production from brown grease collected by wastewater treatment plants.The process invented at INL uses “supercritical” CO2 – part gas, part liquid — to convert waste greases from homes and restaurants into biodiesel that can be used in unmodified diesel engines.The Massachusetts pressure vessel manufacturer plans to provide commercial-scale systems to wastewater treatment plants and consolidation facilities all across the country. On-Site Inspection RadioIsotopic Spectroscopy (OSIRIS)