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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|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Banyan A
Session Chair:
Michael Tonks (University of Florida)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Assessment of Local Thermal Conductivity and Microstructure of Ultra-Low Burnup U-20 wt% Pu- 10 wt% Zr Alloy
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Cynthia Adkins (INL), Ethan Hisle (INL), Daniele Salvato (INL), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida), Tiankai Yao (INL)
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Comparison of Porosity Distribution in U-Zr and U-Pu-Zr
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Mary Sevart (Univ. Florida), Mitch Mika (Univ. Florida), Luca Capriotti (INL), Tiankai Yao (INL), Fei Xu (INL), Karen Wright (INL), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Advances in Metallic Fuel Database Development and Data Qualification
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Kun Mo (ANL), Aaron Oaks (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Dandan Zhang (ANL), Jason L. Schulthess (INL), Douglas L. Porter (INL), Abdellatif Yacout (ANL)
Pulsed Neutron Characterization of Irradiated Fuels at LANSCE
2:00–2:20PM PDT
S.C. Vogel (LANL), James R. Angell (INL), T. Balke (Purdue Univ.), C.A. Bouman (Purdue Univ.), F. Cappia (INL), D.T. Carver (LANL), L. Capriotti (INL), A.E. Craft (INL), J. Harp (ORNL), P. Hoseman (Univ. California, Berkeley), E.J. Larson (LANL), A.M. Long (LANL), A.S. Losko (Technical Univ. Munich), K.J. McClellan (LANL), B.E. Wohlberg (LANL)
Integral Experimental Investigations of Radioisotope Evaporation in Molten Lead for the Mechanistic Source Term Evaluation of Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Malak Bani-Melhem (Univ. New Mexico), Michael Trombetta (Univ. New Mexico), Shuprio Ghosh (Univ. New Mexico), Jared Justice (Univ. New Mexico), Sung J. Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), Michael Epstein (Fauske & Assoc.), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Osman Anderoglu (Univ. New Mexico)
