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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|Reactor Physics (RPD)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Governor's Square 14
Session Chair:
Valerio Mascolino (Colorado School of Mines)
Alternate Chairs:
Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)
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HALEU Five-Fuel-Assembly Micro-Reactor in Once-through Operation Cycle Performance Assessment
1:00–1:20PM MDT
John D. Bess (JFoster and Associates, LLC), Gray S. Chang (JFoster and Associates, LLC), Julie Foster
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Bridging Microreactor Design and Economics: The Microreactor Optimization Using Simulation And Economics (MOUSE) Tool
1:20–1:40PM MDT
Botros N. Hanna (INL)
On the Impact of Depletion Zoning and Fuel Homogenization on Heat Pipe Cooled Microreactors Reactivity and Lifetime
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Reham Abdelnasser (Penn State), Stefano Terlizzi (Penn State - Ken and Mary Alice Linquist Department of Nuclear Engineering)
Assessing Reactivity Impacts of Control and Reflector Supercells in Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors
2:00–2:20PM MDT
MOHAMED NASSER (Georgia Tech), Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology - 770 State Street)
Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis of Thermal Property Changes in a Heat-Pipe Microreactor Using MOOSE
2:20–2:40PM MDT
Wafaa I. Osman (NCSU), Gregory K. Delipei (NCSU), Maria N. Avramova (NCSU)
