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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 MSTD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Banyan A
Session Chair:
Cynthia Adkins (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Accelerated Fuel Concept Screening via Neutronics and Thermal Hydraulics Modeling
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Nathan A. Capps (ORNL), Andrew T. Nelson (ORNL)
Paper
Effect of Threshold Parameter for Fuel Fragment Mobility on Fuel Relocation Model in FRAPTRAN
10:20–10:40AM PDT
JangSoo Oh (KAERI), YongSik Yang (KAERI), Ju Yeop Park (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Historical, Contemporary, and Future Perspectives on Fuel Qualification
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Mitch Mika (Univ. Florida), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
GIFT-1.0, Advanced Fuel Performance Code for LWR: Development and Multi-Physics Code Coupling Status
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Kyuseok Shim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Mechanistic Fuel Performance Modeling of Uranium Nitride
11:20–11:40AM PDT
Jason Rizk (LANL), Michael Cooper (LANL), Pierre-Clement Simon (INL), Anton Schneider (LANL), Anders David Andersson (LANL), Stephen Novascone (INL), Christopher Matthews (LANL)
