Tech Licensing Opportunity Vibrant Visual Benign Tender - 139492393

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Country: USA

Summary: Tech Licensing Opportunity Vibrant Visual Benign Reactor as Analog for Nuclear Testing

Deadline: 16 Jul 2026

Posting Date: 14 Apr 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 139492393

Document Ref. No.: BA-1398

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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ViBRANT: Visual Benign Reactor As Analog for Nuclear Testing
ViBRANT offers a revolutionary approach to simulating and understanding nuclear reactor behaviors using a geometrically accurate, LED-based analog model.
The Challenge:
In the intricate world of nuclear reactor design and testing, the gap between theoretical models and tangible applications presents significant hurdles. Traditionally, this process involves a lengthy and rigid sequence of design, build, test, refine, and repeat, fraught with potential hazards and inefficiencies. Enter ViBRANT (Visual Benign Reactor As Analog for Nuclear Testing), a solution designed to streamline and safeguard this process. Through its innovative use of geometrically accurate, LED-based models, ViBRANT offers a safer, quicker, and more intuitive way to understand and iterate nuclear reactor behaviors and systems.
How it Works:
ViBRANT is a physical apparatus designed to mimic the core configuration of nuclear reactors, such as the SNAP-10A and MARVEL reactors, using 20, 000 individually addressable LED lights. This model facilitates a direct, intuitive connection between digital simulation and physical phenomena, enabling rapid iterations of design, testing, and refinement in a safe, accessible format. It represents a significant step forward in nuclear reactor development, training, and educational tools by bridging the gap between digital approximations and physical reality.
Key Advantages:
Provides a geometrically accurate representation of nuclear reactor cores.
Enables rapid, agile iterations between concept ideation and analog validation.
Reduces the hazards and protocols associated with full-scale nuclear reactor deployment.
Improves understanding and integration of digital and physical development processes.
Enhances human interaction with complex nuclear systems through visual and sensory engagement.
Problems Solved
Long, sequential development cycles in nuclear reactor ...
Notice ID: ba-1398

Department/Ind. Agency: energy, department of

Sub-tier: energy, department of

Office: battelle energy alliance–doe cntr

Product Service Code: r412 - support- professional: simulation

NAICS Code: 541511 - Custom Computer Programming Services

Inactive Dates: jul 31, 2026

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

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