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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|Human Factors, Instrumentation, and Controls (HFICD)
Monday, June 1, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Plaza Court 4/5
Session Chair:
Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.)
Alternate Chairs:
Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Akshay Kumar Khandewal (Purdue Univ.)
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Nuclear Twins Website: Web-based Multi-Component Digital Twin Framework
3:15–3:35PM MDT
Jeongwon Seo (Univ. Texas, Austin), William S. Charlton (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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Development of Digital Twin-Informed Predictive Maintenance for Critical Components in Advanced Reactors
3:35–3:55PM MDT
Sunming Qin (INL), Linyu Lin (INL), Daniel M. Mikkelson (INL), Jack Cavaluzzi (INL), Mohammad G. Abdo (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL), J. Wesley Hines (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Xingang Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Towards the Development of the PUMA Digital Twin: Evaluating Latency in Real-time Monitoring
3:55–4:15PM MDT
Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Akshay K. Khandelwal (Purdue Univ.), Charie A. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Luca Ballarin (Synovus Solutions), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Shripad T. Revankar (Purdue Univ.), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)
Licensable & Deployable AI for Nuclear Digital Twins: A Post-Hoc Framework for Safety-Critical Physical AI
4:15–4:35PM MDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Univ. Texas, El Paso), Souvik Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Tech, Delhi), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
