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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|10:00–11:45AM MDT|Governor's Square 15
Session Chair:
Jay Phil Yoo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Alternate Chair:
Vasileios Theos (Purdue Univ.)
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Enabling Real-Time Operation of the PUR-1 Digital Twin via Surrogate Models of High-Fidelity Simulations
10:00–10:20AM MDT
Vasileios Theos (Purdue Univ.), Jonah Lau (Purdue Univ.), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Noah Fillgrove, Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
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Digital Twin Development for an Experimental Microreactor Thermal System
10:20–10:40AM MDT
Matthew Barrows (TAMU), Jian Tao (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Hansol Kim (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
Energy-Efficient Scientific Foundation Model for Advanced Reactor Digital Twins
10:40–11:00AM MDT
Jay P. Yoo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jason Yoo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jaewan Park (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam
Physics-Constrained Digital Twin for Predicting Reactor Power State of Research Reactor
11:00–11:20AM MDT
Quinnan Hetrick, Lei R. Cao (Ohio State)
Virtual Sensing for Dynamic Systems: Enabling Digital Twin–Driven Foundation Models for Multi-Modal Monitoring for Advanced Reactors
11:20–11:40AM MDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sai Puppala (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Jay Phil Yoo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Md Jahangir Alam, Sajedul Talukder, Syed Bahauddin Alam
