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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Center for Used Fuel Research: Building confidence in storage and transport
Used nuclear fuel storage and transportation have reached a critical juncture.
Dozens of utilities need reliable data on how used nuclear fuel performs in dry storage casks and canisters to extend regulatory licenses at sites across the United States. Likewise, the Department of Energy expects to take ownership of the used nuclear fuel—termed “spent nuclear fuel” in the laws and regulations governing its stewardship—and transfer it to one or more federal staging facilities for management and disposition.
Meanwhile, dozens of reactor companies are testing prototypes of advanced reactors and advanced reactor fuels. Eventually, regulators and industry must also verify the safety and security of storage methods for these advanced fuel types.
To help address these challenges, the DOE established the Center for Used Fuel Research (CUFR) in January 2026 for work related to the long-term storage and transport of used nuclear fuel.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Jasmine H
Session Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Alternate Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Developing a Machine Learning Benchmark Using Real-Time Data from the PUR-1 Reactor for Nuclear Applications
10:00–10:20AM PDT
William Richards (Purdue Univ.), Zachery Dahm (Purdue Univ.), Oliver Buss (Nuclear Energy Agency), Catalina Anghel (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Kamal Moravej (Canadian National Laboratory), Xingang Zhao (ORNL), Basma Foad (McMaster Univ.), Upendra Rohatgi (Brookhaven), Gregory Delipei (NCSU), Xu Wu (NCSU), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
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ContextGPT: Predictive Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plant with Contextually-Informed Situational Understanding
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Raisa Bentay Hossain (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Farid Ahmed (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jahangir Alam (Southern Illinois Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Southern Illinois Univ.), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Development of AI-Based Decision-Making Support Technology to Prevent Human Error in Nuclear Power Plant
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Seo Ryong Koo (KAERI), Young Ho Chae (KAERI)
Enhancing the Cybersecurity of Advanced Nuclear Power Plants Through Generative AI and Large Language Models
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Raisa Bentay Hossain (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ismail Hossain (Southern Illinois Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Southern Illinois Univ.), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Adaptive Machine Learning-Based Threat Intelligence in Nuclear Facilities (AML-TIN): A Framework for Enhanced Cybersecurity in Nuclear Computing Environments
11:20–11:40AM PDT
Alaa M. Alotaibi (Southern Illinois Univ.), Farid Ahmed (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Southern Illinois Univ.), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
