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$38,598,022

Department of Defense·Defense Threat Reduction Agency

to THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

defenseactive
ACTION DATE·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_HDTRA12020002_097
Award description

INTERACTION OF IONIZING RADIATION WITH MATTER

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Research on how ionizing radiation interacts with matter, supporting nuclear defense and threat reduction capabilities.

Sub-sectors
radiation-sciencenuclear-effectsresearch-development
Why this matters

Fundamental research underpins U.S. nuclear deterrence, weapons effects modeling, and radiation protection strategies.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for specialized radiation detection equipment, shielding materials, and nuclear science instrumentation from suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Maintains U.S. technical edge in nuclear weapons effects understanding and radiation science relative to peer competitors.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001273.

Period of performance
Start
2020-07-01
End
2028-01-29
Status
activein 625 days
Sources

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