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The ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF has issued a Tender notice for the procurement of a Available for Licensing Composite Vesselshield Technology for Transportable Microreactor Systems in the USA. This Tender notice was published on 15 May 2026 and is scheduled to close on 01 Jul 2026, with an estimated Tender value of Refer Document. Interested bidders can access detailed Tender information, eligibility criteria, and complete bidding documents by referencing TOT Ref No. 141322986, while the tender notice number is BA-1453-2 and Registering on the platform.
Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Available for Licensing Composite Vesselshield Technology for Transportable Microreactor Systems
Deadline: 01 Jul 2026
Posting Date: 15 May 2026
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 141322986
Document Ref. No.: BA-1453-2
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Composite Vessel-Shield Technology for Transportable Microreactor Systems
A laminated sandwich composite designed to consolidate reactor vessel and radiation shielding functions into a single, weight-optimized structural system for mobile nuclear power applications.
Overview
Practical deployment of transportable micro-reactors asystems depends on solving a fundamental logistics problem: conventional reactor designs treat the pressure vessel and radiation shield as separate systems, each carrying independent structural and weight penalties. For many mobile configurations, the combined mass of these two subsystems exceeds what transport by road, rail, or air can accommodate. This invention proposes a laminated sandwich composite that consolidates both functions into a single integrated structure. The sandwich composites are well established in aerospace applications; the contribution here is its adaptation to nuclear service using reactor-grade materials made possible using advanced manufacturing methods. If demonstrated at scale, this approach may meaningfully expand the viable design space for mobile nuclear systems currently constrained by weight.
Industry Need
Current practice requires the reactor pressure vessel and radiation shield to be designed and fabricated independently, each carrying its own mass burden. For microreactor configurations subject to transport weight limits, this creates a design envelope that is difficult to close. Existing alternatives, including boron-aluminide composite plates and metal foam systems with attenuating fill, address parts of the problem but present limitations related to buckling susceptibility or bonding performance under service conditions.
Differentiation and Advantages
Consolidates vessel and shield into one structure, reducing the mass penalty of treating them as separate systems
Additively manufactured multilayered composites resists internal buckling, addressing a known limitation of t...
Notice ID: ba-1453-2
Department/Ind. Agency: energy, department of
Sub-tier: energy, department of
Office: battelle energy alliance–doe cntr
Product Service Code: 4470 - nuclear reactors
NAICS Code: 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Inactive Dates: jul 16, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
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