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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 THD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine F
Session Chair:
Jun Liao (WEC)
Alternate Chair:
Prashant Jain (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Hitesh Bindra
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Design of a Heat Pipe-Cooled MicroReactor Heat Exchanger for Open Air Brayton Cycle Application
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Brent Hollrah (TAMU), Yassin Hassan (TAMU)
Paper
Machine Learning for Gas Void Fraction Prediction in Two-Phase Flow
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Farnam Pournia (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Robert Salko (ORNL), Xingang Zhao (ORNL)
Sensor Location Selection in Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Based Reduced Order Models
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Lucas San Martin (Purdue Univ.), John Matulis (Purdue Univ.), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue Univ.)
Development and Application of Quantitative Methods for Mixed Uncertainty
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Peng Cuiting (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology), Hu Mengyan (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology), Xiong Qingwen (Nuclear Power Institute of China), Yang Jun (Huazhong Univ. Science and Technology)
Scaling of Advanced Passive SMR
4:35–4:45PM PDT
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Megan Durse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Richard F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
