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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.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE 2026)
Technical Session|6. Plasma Physics Engineering
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Tower D
Session Chair:
Zeke Unterberg (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Katie Butler (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Thomas Fuerst (INL)
Track Organizer:
Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Exploring Passive Disruption Mitigation Techniques in the ARC-class Reactor: the Liquid Sandwich Vacuum Vessel
1:00–1:20PM MDT
Gabriele Ferrero (MIT), Joseph Jerkins (MIT), Ethan E. Peterson (MIT), Christopher Hansen (Columbia Univ.), Jeffrey P. Freidberg (MIT), Dennis Whyte (MIT), Sara E. Ferry (MIT)
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Time-Dependent Strike-Point Sweeping Simulation in MAST-U using the FreeGSNKE MHD Equilibrium Code in the IPS-FASTRAN Framework
1:20–1:40PM MDT
Ehab Hassan (ORNL), Sebastian De Pascuale (ORNL), Ivan Paradela Perez (ORNL), Davis Easley (ORNL)
Burn Control in ITER by Maximization of Ion Cyclotron Power Absorption Through Regulation of Helium-3 Concentration
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Vincent Graber (Lehigh Univ.), Eugenio Schuster (Lehigh Univ.), Christopher Klepper (ORNL), Ernesto Lerche (Laboratory for Plasma Physics, ERM/KMS), Theodore M. Biewer (ORNL), Jeremy Lore (ORNL)
Flexible, Axisymmetric MHD Solver for Coupled Plasma and Liquid Metal Blanket Dynamics
2:00–2:20PM MDT
Sophia Guizzo (Columbia Univ.), Christopher Hansen (Columbia Univ.), Samuel Freiberger (Columbia Univ.), Carlos A. Paz-Soldan (Columbia Univ.)
