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NANO Nuclear Granted U.S. Department of Energy's GAIN Voucher Award in Collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Develop a Validated UQ Framework Tailored to the KRONOS MMR Energy System
New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - April 9, 2026) - NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE) ("NANO Nuclear" or "the Company"), a leading advanced nuclear
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[{"type":"text","content":"New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - April 9, 2026) - NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE) (\"NANO Nuclear\" or \"the Company\"), a leading advanced nuclear micro modular reactor (MMR) and technology company focused on developing clean energy solutions, today announced that it has been awarded a Gateway for Accelerated Innovations in Nuclear (GAIN) Voucher, NE-26-38854, by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) relating to its KRONOS MMR™ Energy System titled, \"Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis Support for NANO Nuclear Reactor Design Using ORNL's Tools - SCALE/TSUNAMI\".\nU.S. Department of Energy's GAIN Voucher Award can be found here: https://gain.inl.gov/uncertainty-quantification-and-sensitivity-analysis-support/.\n\nFigure 1 - Rendering of NANO Nuclear KRONOS MMR™ (Micro Modular Reactor) Energy System\nTo view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit:\nhttps://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/11703/291593_e352a6fb744b09f0_003full.jpg\n\"The receipt of this DOE's GAIN Voucher Award represents another important achievement for our engineering and scientific teams, as well as for our company as a whole,\" said Alisha Kasam-Griffith, Ph.D., Director of Reactor Design of NANO Nuclear. \"Our collaboration with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory enables us to draw on the expertise of leading scientists, engineers, and researchers to further advance the KRONOS MMR™ Energy System for real-world applications as we progress toward construction, demonstration, and eventual deployment at scale.\"\n\nFigure 2 - NANO Nuclear Energy has completed site-characterization for its KRONOS MMR™ Energy System in partnership with the University of Illinois.\nTo view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit:\nhttps://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/11703/291593_e352a6fb744b09f0_004full.jpg\nAs a first-of-a-kind advanced reactor, the patented KRONOS MMR™ Energy System requires rigorous uncertainty quantification (UQ) and sensitivity analysis to demonstrate safety margins, performance reliability, and licensing readiness.\nNANO Nuclear, in collaboration with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), will apply the SCALE/TSUNAMI code suite to quantify the impact of nuclear data, modeling assumptions, and operational parameters on key reactor physics metrics, including reactivity, power distribution, and temperature coefficien...