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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|Nuclear Criticality Safety (NCSD)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|10:00–11:45AM MDT|Governor's Square 16
Session Chair:
Benjamin Martin (GE Vernova)
Alternate Chair:
Amy E. van der Vyver (Sellafield Limited)
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Using the SCALE DOUBLEHET Feature to Simulate a Uranyl Phosphate Slurry
10:00–10:20AM MDT
Tracy E. Stover (SRNL)
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The Importance of the ANSI/ANS-8.28 Standard for Nuclear Criticality Safety
10:20–10:40AM MDT
Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
Nuclear Data Induced Uncertainty in VALID Benchmarks using ENDF/B-VIII.1
10:40–11:00AM MDT
Travis M. Greene (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL)
Bounding NCS Geometry Assumptions: When Simplification Preserves or Fails Safety
11:00–11:20AM MDT
Konrad P. Kulesza (URENCO USA), Charlotta Sanders (URENCO USA)
Thermal Neutron Transmission Measurements at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source
11:20–11:40AM MDT
Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Luke Daemen (ORNL), Iyad I. Al-Qasir (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL), Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Klaus H. Guber (ORNL), Luiz C. Leal (ORNL), Hassina Bilheux (ORNL), Jean-Christophe Bilheux (ORNL), Kevin Yahne (ORNL), Shimin Tang (ORNL), Chen Zhang (ORNL), A.F.M. D. Santos (ORNL), Jamie Molaison (ORNL), Chris Ridley (ORNL), Jasmine Hinton (ORNL), Trevor G. Aguirre (ORNL), Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian (European Spallation Source)
