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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)
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|1:15–3:00PM MDT|Governor's Square 15
Session Chair:
Edward Chen (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Application of Particle Filter for Sensor Anomaly Detection in Nuclear Power Plants
1:15–1:35PM MDT
Edward Chen (INL), Ben Manavi (Colorado State), Vincent P. Paglioni (Colorado State)
Paper
Real-Time Gamma Monitoring of Plutonium Casting
1:35–1:55PM MDT
Reid H. Bohanon (LANL), Andrew Akin (LANL), Andrew Liebmann (LANL), Stephen S. Raiman (Univ. Michigan), Jung Rim (LANL)
Margin-Based System-Level Health of a Condenser System in a Pressurized Water Reactor
1:55–2:15PM MDT
Mattia Zanotelli (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Foundation Model-Aware Observers for Secure Digital Twin Monitoring of Advanced Reactor Systems
2:15–2:35PM MDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois Univ.), Jay Phil Yoo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ismail Hossain (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Md Jahangir Alam (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Sajedul Talukder (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Quantifying Diagnostic Utility of Unmeasured Variables for NPP Anomaly Detection
2:35–2:55PM MDT
Tran C. Nguyen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
