Nuclear Science User Facility

Infrastructure Management Program

Brenden HeidrichR&D Infrastructure Lead

Idaho National Laboratory

NSUF User’s MeetingIdaho National Laboratory

June 22, 2015

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NSUF Mission Expansion

NSUF Management of NE R&D InfrastructureBuild upon the user facility mission of providing no-cost access to specialized facilities by:

1. Developing and maintaining a database of Nuclear Energy research infrastructure (NEID) at:

• National Laboratories• Universities• Industrial R&D facilities

2. Coordination of the NE-4 infrastructure awards• University reactor upgrades• University general scientific infrastructure• NE Enabling Technologies Crosscutting Technology Development • NSUF access awards

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NEID Utilization Methodology

NEID

Capabilities Data

NE R&D Direction

Gap Analyses

New Acquisitions

and Partners

1. Gather Data on NE R&D Capabilities

2. Estimate Near, Mid and Long-term R&D Directions

3. Use these to perform gap analyses for Nuclear Energy R&D.

4. Assist funding decisions and incorporate the results into the NEID.

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Database Master Plan

1. US NE R&D Facilities & Instrumentation

· National Laboratories

· Major Universities

· Industrial Centers

2. International Facilities & Instrumentation· AECL-Chalk River· McMaster University· United Kingdom· Japanese test reactors

Institution Data

Facility Data

Instrument Data

JEOL-7600 scanning electron

microscope

Fuel and Applied Sciences Building

MFC-787

Idaho National

Laboratory

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Data Gathering Process

Data Acquisition Resources

1. Review of DOE Documents from previous studies.

2. Query of on-line databases• IAEA/NEA• INL NS&T Inventory• INL Portfolio Integration &

Prioritization Tool (iPIP)• Sunflower Asset Management

3. Survey of universities/industry• Nuclear Engineering Programs• Research and Training Reactors• Ranked Materials Science Programs• NEUP Infrastructure Awardees• NSUF Partner Surveys (May 2015)

Direct Infrastructure Sources1. IAEA Databases (RTF, RTR & Beamline databases) ≤ 20142. Facility Site web site 20143. Facility NSUF User's Guide 20144. Facility Fact Sheets/Annual Reports/etc. 20145. lightsources.org web site 20146. Hot Cell Strategy Report 20067. Alternatives to APIE report & raw data 20128. DOE Facilities Inventory Draft (6.16.2014) 20149. Required Assets for a NE Applied R&D Program 200910. NEUP RR Infrastructure Program Annual Reports 2012-311. INL Ten-Year Site Plans 2012-412. DOE-SC User Facilities Ten-Year Plan 201313. DOE-NE Infrastructure Awards 201414. INL iPIP Database 201215. INL NS&T Inventory System 201416. NRC TRTR Licensing Presentation 201417. NRC TRTR Licensing Presentation 201218. NS&E Education Sourcebook (ANS/DOE) 201319. Nuclear Regulatory Commission web site 201420. NRC Compliance Certificate (RAMPAC) 201421. Sunflower Property Management DB 2014

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Database Institutions (n=84)

Status as of 6/22/2015

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Geographic Diversity

National Labs & Government Facilities

23 (7)

Major Universities

43 (1)

Commercial Facilities

8 (2)

Status as of 6/22/2015

312 R&D Facilities Identified at 84 Institutions

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Database Facilities (n=381)

Status as of 6/22/2015

328 single-use facilities 47 multi-use facilities

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Distribution of Facilities

Status as of 6/22/2015

PSULANL PNNL BNL SNL ANL INL ORNL

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Database Instruments (n=802)

Status as of 6/22/2015

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Database Categories (“fields”)

Facility Information Facility Conditions Facility Utilization Data SourcesFacility/Instrument Name Commissioning Date User Facility or Contract? Contact information

Abbreviation Recent Major Upgrade Cost to Use Email Address

Owner Type Material Condition Cost to Maintain Web Site

Institution Mission Upgradable? Cost to Replace Source(s) of Data

State Supporting Physical Plant Funding Sources Date of Data

Region Regulating Agency NSUF Partner?

Country License End Date DOE-NE Use [%]

Primary Capability NE Objectives [1,2,3,4] Reactor TypeSecondary Capability Utilization [%] Thermal Power

Tertiary Capability # of users Pulse PowerCore Capability # of staff Thermal Flux

Unique Capability Fast Flux

Radiological Limits In-core locations

Hot Work Facilities Ex-core locations

Support Equipment Pneumatic Transfer System

Sample Encapsulation Flow Loops

Atmosphere/environment Beam Ports

40 common database fields for all entries

5-20 fields specific to facility/instrument type

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Database Functionality

1. Search (query) by:· Keyword or Capability · Facility type· Instrument type· Geography/Institution· Group of terms

2. Generate custom reports based on these queries.

The NE Infrastructure DB has/will have the ability to:

3. Feed directly into a visualization system for custom maps• Future implementation of GIS technology• Graph network system with inputs, outputs and dependencies

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Querying the NEID

Developing the query and reporting functionality in the NEID Ad hoc queries with report in spreadsheet format. Pre-made queries and reports (we still need cases for these)

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Database Development

NEID Development Work Resources· Programmed by Information Management staff· Designed and maintained by NSUF staff

Single, unified NEID with access levels

User Type Data Access/Read

Write (add or edit)

Administrator ALL YES

NSUF Partner – Int. ALL YES

NSUF Partner – Ext. SOME YES

Internal User ALL NO

External User SOME NO

Outsider NONE NO

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Database Maintenance

1. Expand the Database – Full catalog of instruments– New university facilities– Foreign R&D facilities

2. Cultivate Information Resources– User’s Organization Infrastructure

Subcommittee– Facility surveys & site visits– Other databases

3. Maintain and Improve the Database • Both versions of electronic databases• Use feedback from users and staff to improve the interface and content

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Remaining Work to be Accomplished

1. Add detailed information to the NEID for facilities and instruments· Email/Phone POC for data

– Allow access to NEID for updating– Send a spreadsheet with facility information and enter manually.

2. Validate the existing information in the NEID· Verify correct POC contact information· Error-checking data using a variety of methods

3. Deployment of the “public” version of the NEID.

4. Continuous improvement, adaptation and expansion of the NEID· Improvement through user feedback· Adaptation to new technologies and requirements· Expansion into other areas of research

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Database Review Panel

Comprised of five members representing:· University research (Peter Hosemann – Berkeley)· University reactors (Lin-wen Hu - MIT)· Nuclear Industry (Peng Xu – WEC)· National Laboratories (Dave Senor – PNNL)· DOE Programs (Jason Tokey – NE-31)

1. Determine Database Sufficiency· Appropriate and complete · Additional sources of information

2. Validate Database · Common terminology in entries· Error checking of data entries

3. Investigate Infrastructure Needs Drivers (gap analysis)· R&D infrastructure requirements· Missing or over-utilized capabilities

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Gap Analysis Structure

1. This analysis will look at facilities and capital equipment· Mission-mapped facilities from policy documents.· Geographical distribution and availability of access.· Age and availability (utilization and reliability).

2. What areas of NE R&D have researchers expressed interest in pursuing?· What areas are currently being pursued? (NEUP applications)· What areas are incipient? (work-scope survey)· What R&D capabilities are/will be required to supply to the researchers?

(NEID and capabilities)3. Support for the NE-4 Infrastructure FOA writing and reviewing process

· Partial support (FY15)· Stronger support (FY16)· Full support (FY17+)

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Program Goals

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Web Deployment Schedule

5/27/2015 – Deployed NEID to the DMZ for review by the Database Review Panel and DOE-NE staff.

• Only authorized users can access the NEID during this time.• Use the next month to gather data from reviewers and update the web site.• NEID.INL.GOV

6/30/2015 – Officially roll-out the NEID to internal users• DOE, national laboratory staff, etc.• Continuous improvement through user feedback.• Improve the database through addition of detailed data and validation of existing

data.• Implement scaled-access for different user types.• Security review of NEID data and data types.• NSUF.Infrastructure.INL.gov

12/31/2015 – Officially roll-out the NEID to all users• internal as well as university, commercial, foreign, etc.

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NEID.INL.GOVWeb Portal Demonstration

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Landing Page NSUF.Infrastructure.INL.gov

User Controls

Existing UserLog-in

New User Registration

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Register or Log In

User information for registration will be similar to the format used by NEUP & NSUF.· May harmonize in the future and use a single log-

in for NEUP, NSUF and NEID.

Initial registration for the PRIVATE database will result in no access (Level-0) until approved by NSUF admins.

· NEID web portal reviews (May 2015)· PRIVATE DB Deployment (June 2015)· PUBLIC DB Deployment (December 2015)

“About” will have a short explanation of the program.

“Contact” will link to the NSUF web page and BJH email directly.

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Registration Information

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User Access Levels

User Type Level Example Data Access/Read

Write (add or edit)

Delete Record

Add Users and Change Levels

Administrator 5 BJH, IM, NSUF ALL YES YES YES

NSUF Partner (Laboratory) 4 ORNL, PNNL ALL YES NO NO

NSUF Partner (Univ/Industry) 3 MIT, WEC SOME YES NO NO

Internal User 2 INL, DOE, etc. ALL NO NO NO

External User 1 NE applicant SOME NO NO NO

Outsider 0 Prior to Authorization NONE NO NO NO

Once approved, the user will be assigned to one of five levels of access.

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Home Page (after log-in)

Access the NEID User ControlsRun a query

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Top-Level Browse Page

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Browse Page Filtering

Institutions • by name

Instruments • by type/category• by capability (?)

Filter Options

Facilities • by name• by type/category• by mission (?)

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Map View microscopes

Currently, only a few instruments and facilities include map coordinates.

Click on the marker to get back to the grid view

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Institution Data CAES example

Facilities owned by the

institution

Institution Data Fields

Local Map View

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Facility Data CAES-AML

DB Hierarchy

Jump up one level

Facility Data Fields

Instruments housed in facility

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Instrument Data CAES-MaCS-FIB

DB Hierarchy with active links to other levels

Jump up one level

Instrumentation Data Fields

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Browse PageGrid View

Browse, Sort and

Filter Institutions

“View” takes you to the next lower level

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Grid View microscopes

Hierarchy

Institution↓

Facility↓

Instrument

Click on “View” to get to the instrument page

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Search and Export Data

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Search Data Results

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Search Data Results Options

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Search DataSorted Results

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Exported Data in Microsoft Excel

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Contact Information

Brenden Heidrich

(208) 526-8117

Brenden.Heidrich@INL.gov

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DISCLAIMER

• This information was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the U.S. Government.

• Neither the U.S. Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.

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• The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. Government or any agency thereof.

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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL

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Simple Query Data Visualization

NSUF User

Large FederalReactor

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Geographic Information Systems

NREL GIS Map

National Solar Radiation DB measuring stations

GIS has built-in visualization tools for DB data

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GIS Proximity Analysis Example

maps.nrel.gov/re_atlasmaps.inl.gov/imap

NREL GIS Map

• Distance to the nearest NSRDB measuring station

• Can take travel distance on roads into account

• Can include travel costs, travel times

• Thiessen polygons

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University Interest

Arizona State University North Dakota State University University of HoustonBoise State University Northwestern University University of Idaho

Brown University Ohio University University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignCalifornia Institute of Technology Oregon State University University of Maryland

Carnegie Mellon Pennsylvania State University University of Massachusetts-LowellCase-Western Reserve University Princeton University University of Michigan

Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) Purdue University University of MinnesotaClemson University (Engr. Tech. facility) Reed College University of Missouri-Columbia

Clemson University (EM facility) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Nevada-Las VegasColorado School of Mines Rice University University of Nevada-RenoColorado State University South Dakota State University University of New Mexico

Cornell University Stanford University University of Missouri Drexel University Syracuse University University of Notre DameDuke University Texas A&M University University of Oregon

George Washington University The Ohio State University University of PennsylvaniaGeorgia Institute of Technology Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory University of Pittsburgh

Idaho State University University of Alabama University of South CarolinaIllinois Institute of Technology University of Arizona University of Tennessee

Indiana University University of California-Berkeley University of Texas-AustinIowa State University University of California-Davis University of Utah

Kansas State University University of California-Irvine University of WisconsinLouisiana State University University of California-Los Angeles Utah State University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California-Santa Barbara Virginia Commonwealth UniversityMcMaster University University of Central Florida Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Michigan State University University of Colorado Washington State UniversityMissouri University of Science and Technology University of Delaware Washington University in Saint Louis

North Carolina State University University of Florida Yale University

Responses as of 6/2/2015 Universities in BOLD have NSUF partner facilities

YesMaybe

No

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INL Property Management

INL Property Management uses “Sunflower” software suite to track assets.

Sunflower is used complex-wide· Similar implementations has us “speaking the same language”· NEID can be made to easily incorporate reports from Sunflower as inputs.

Many fields are available, such as:· Date of purchase· Initial asset cost (not including installation)· Manufacturer, model and serial number· Location (building)· Point of Contact (steward)· Federal Supply Code (66 = lab equipment)

Information that is not available in Sunflower:· Operability, trained staff, utilization· Expected lifetime, future plans

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INL Property Management Sunflower example

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Other INL Databases

NS&T Availability Database· Primarily Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) facilities data· “critical” equipment for supporting research· Includes R&D equipment:

– Searchable by facility– Current operability

• Including impacts on research projects• Date when equipment was surveyed for operability• Cause of equipment outage

· Warranty & Service contract expiration dates Asset Suite Database

· The INL business enterprise system for Work Management and Supply Chain Management activities

– purchasing, contracts, labor entry and reporting, – inventory, work management, and accounts payable

INL Portfolio Integration & Prioritization Tool (iPIP) (inactive since 2012)· Capabilities, operators, resources, needed investments · Customers, funded projects, programs, ROI

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Gap Analysis Plan

1. Capability analysis, based on:

· Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Database – NEID currently has ~375 facilities and ~800 instruments– Mostly focused on materials and fuels with some thermal hydraulics

· A study of recent NEUP infrastructure applications

· R&D capabilities survey – 15MM$ capital cost + 1MM$ annual maintenance.– Sent out by NE-4 as part of an RFI (due 6/19/2015).– May follow up with a wider survey to the NEUP distribution list, NSUF User’s

Organization and others.• Web-site poll, easy for users to complete and easy to compile data

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Gap Analysis Plan

2. R&D Directions analysis, drawn from a variety of sources such as:

· R&D work-scope survey– Sent out by NE-4 as part of an RFI (due 6/19/2015).

· A study of recent NEUP R&D applications

· Programmatic input– Current direction from DOE-NE (including 2015 NE Roadmap)– Past NE documents

• NE R&D Roadmap (2010), Facilities for the Future of NE R&D (2009), Required Assets for an Applied R&D Program (2009), etc. (2008-2014)

Seeking additional input from:• Department of Energy Programs

• Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee

• NSUF Scientific Review Board

• NSUF User’s Organization

• NSUF Industry Advisory Committee

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Example Analysis infrastructure-based

Step 1: (Broad Question) What materials-irradiation resources are potentially available to US researchers?

Step 2: (Data Review): access database, run a query & generate a report

52 Total US Reactors devoted to researchTest Reactors 1 (ATR)Beam-line reactors (with in-core capability) 2 (HFIR and NBSR)Research Reactors

University Research and Training Reactors 23Private Research Reactors 2 (GE and Dow)

Federal Government Research Reactors 3 (USGS, NRAD and AFRRI)State Government Research Reactors 1 (RINSC)

Transient Testing Facilities Fast Burst Reactors 2 (White Sands & Godiva)

Thermal Pulsing Reactors 1+1 (ACRR & TREAT)Fusion Neutron Sources 6 (Associated with DOE-SC)Critical Facilities 6 (5 federal & 1 university)US Navy Prototype & Training Reactors 2+2 (NY & SC)

Results

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Example Analysis

Step 3: (Narrow Question) What about the neutron energy spectra?

Step 4: (Data Review): fine-detail query of data from step 2

AP-1000 BN-600

Step 5: (Conclusion): Currently, there is no US-based, large-scale fast neutron capability comparable to ATR, HFIR, NBSR or MURR.

Step 6: (Recommend): Consider investing in fast flux facility or partnering with an international facility.

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