MICHAEL SIMPSON
Professor
Metallurgical Engineering
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- ProfessorMetallurgical Engineering
- Adjunct ProfessorCivil & Environmental Engineering
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research is focused on molten salt chemistry for nuclear applications. Prominent current applications include spent nuclear fuel treatment and molten salt reactors. We study methods to synthesize, purify, and characterize molten chloride and fluoride salt mixtures. We also study corrosion of metals in molten salts and how to control/mitigate this process.
GRANTS
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTDEVELOPMENT OF FLUORINATION REACTOR VESSEL FOR LANTHANIDE AND ACTINIDE METALS AND OXIDES3 Aug 2026 - 2 Feb 2027
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTDEVELOPMENT OF WASTE PROCESSING METHODS FOR MCFR FUEL SALT1 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 2029
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTELECTROCHEMICAL MONITORING OF OXIDE PRECIPITATION IN MOLTEN SALT - FY2611 May 2026 - 30 Sep 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTMOLTEN CHLOROALUMINATE ELECTROLYTE SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTY TESTING30 Mar 2026 - 31 Oct 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTRESEARCH IN METAL OXIDE REDUCTION (FY26)4 Mar 2026 - 31 Dec 2028
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTDER SUPPORTING RESEARCH FY25-26DOE Y-12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX29 Jan 2025 - 28 Jan 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTRESEARCH IN METAL OXIDE REDUCTIONDOE LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB4 Oct 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSTABLE HIGH-TEMPERATURE MOLTEN SALT REFERENCE ELECTRODES12 Apr 2024 - 15 Nov 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSTABLE HIGH-TEMPERATURE MOLTEN SALT REFERENCE ELECTRODESHIFUNDA LLC12 Apr 2024 - 11 Apr 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSOURCING SALT FORMS FOR MSR FUELELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE26 Jan 2024 - 30 Sep 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTPROPOSED DER SUPPORTING RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH (FY-2024)DOE Y-12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX16 Nov 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSTUDY OF EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND REDOX POTENTIAL ON CONCENTRATION OF SELECT METALS IN SIMULATED MCFR FUEL SALTTERRAPOWER LLC1 Nov 2023 - 2 Mar 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSTUDY OF CORROSION OF COATED STAINLESS STEEL SAMPLES IN MOLTEN CHLORIDE SALT12 Jun 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTSTUDY OF METAL REDUCTION II (FY23)10 Apr 2023 - 31 May 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTPYROCHEMICAL DISSOLUTION OF LWR SPENT FUEL WITH ACTINIDE RECOVERY FOR ADVANCED REACTORS1 Jan 2023 - 14 Jul 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTPYROCHEMICAL DISSOLUTION OF LWR SPENT FUEL WITH ACTINIDE RECOVERY FOR ADVANCED REACTORS1 Jan 2023 - 14 Jul 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTPYROCHEMICAL DISSOLUTION OF LWR SPENT FUEL WITH ACTINIDE RECOVERY FOR ADVANCED REACTORS1 Jan 2023 - 14 Jul 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTNRC PROJECT COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA-RENO ON WATER INTERACTION WITH MOLTEN SALTSUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO17 Nov 2022 - 16 Nov 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTER AND DER SUPPORTING RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH5 Oct 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTINVESTIGATION INTO THE PROCESSING PARAMETERS OF PHOSPHATE-BASED DEHALOGENATION FOR CHLORIDE-BASED WASTE SALTUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO1 Oct 2022 - 30 Sep 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTTRAVELING MOLTEN ZONE REFINING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FOR INNOVATIVE FUEL CYCLE SOLUTIONSDOE ADVANCED RSRCH PROJECTS AGENCY-ENRGY4 Apr 2022 - 3 Nov 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTTRAVELING MOLTEN ZONE REFINING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FOR INNOVATIVE FUEL CYCLE SOLUTIONSDOE ADVANCED RSRCH PROJECTS AGENCY-ENRGY4 Apr 2022 - 3 Nov 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTTRAVELING MOLTEN ZONE REFINING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FOR INNOVATIVE FUEL CYCLE SOLUTIONSDOE ADVANCED RSRCH PROJECTS AGENCY-ENRGY4 Apr 2022 - 3 Nov 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTMEASUREMENT OF PROPERTIES OF MOLTEN NACL-MGCL2-UCL3 FOR LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY17 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTHIFUNDA SBIRHIFUNDA LLC3 Feb 2021 - 31 Dec 2021