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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.
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Cosponsored by RPD|Session Chair: Jeffrey C. King
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Panel|Cosponsored by OPD|Session Chairs: John Kelly, Erhard W. Koehler
Monday, June 14, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EDT
Panel|Session Chair: Nadia S. Glucksberg
Monday, June 14, 2021|3:15–5:00PM EDT
Panel|Cosponsored by OPD|Session Chairs: Gail H. Marcus, Steven M. Mirsky
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Panel|Session Chair: Gerard P. van Noordennen
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Panel|Sponsored by Executive Panels|Cosponsored by ETWDD|Session Chair: Andrew Smith
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Panel|Sponsored by YMG|Cosponsored by ETWDD|Session Chairs: Leigh Winfrey, Shirly Rodriguez
Session Chair: Lisa M. Marshall
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Panel|Sponsored by Executive Panels|Cosponsored by ETWDD|Session Chair: Shirly Rodriguez
Panel|Session Chair: James E. Baciak
Panel|Session Chair: Jeffrey C. King
Panel|Session Chair: W. Neal Mann
Panel|Session Chair: Craig Piercy
Panel|Cosponsored by ETWDD|Session Chair: Andrew Smith
Panel|Session Chair: Shaun Anderson
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Panel|Session Chair: Steven P. Nesbit
Panel|Cosponsored by ETWDD|Session Chair: Shirly Rodriguez
Panel|Session Chair: Kenneth J. Aupperle
Session Chair: Kaushik Banerjee
Session Chair: Jinsuo Zhang
Panel|Session Chair: Benjamin B. Cipiti
Session Chair: Jen Shafer
Panel|Session Chair: Sven O. Bader
Panel|Cosponsored by NNPD|Session Chair: Benjamin B. Cipiti
Session Chair: Stephanie Bruffey
Session Chair: Christina Leggett
Sponsored by RPSD|Cosponsored by IRD, NNPD|Session Chair: Fatma Abdelrahman
Session Chair: James M. Bowen
Panel|Session Chair: James K. Jewell
Panel|Session Chair: Nicholas A. Gentile
Session Chair: Robert E. Grove
Session Chair: Madicken Munk
Session Chair: Fidelma Giulia Di Lemma
Session Chair: Kallie E. Metzger
Session Chair: Simon M. Pimblott
Session Chair: J. Rory Kennedy
Session Chair: Troy Munro
Panel|Session Chair: Deborah A. Hill
Session Chair: Lon E. Paulson
Panel|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by NCSD|Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Panel|Session Chair: Mandy Bowles Tomaszewski
Panel|Session Chair: Douglas G. Bowen
Session Chair: Mandy Bowles Tomaszewski
Session Chair: Michael A. Fendler
Panel|Session Chair: David S. Grabaskas
Session Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Session Chair: Aaron S. Epiney
Panel|Session Chair: Robert J. Budnitz
Session Chair: Stefani Buster
Panel|Sponsored by FCWMD|Cosponsored by NNPD|Session Chair: Benjamin B. Cipiti
Panel|Session Chair: James W. Behrens
Panel|Sponsored by DESD|Cosponsored by OPD|Session Chairs: John Kelly, Erhard W. Koehler
Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell
Session Chair: Erin Wehlage
Panel|Session Chair: Piyush Sabharwall
Session Chair: Piyush Sabharwall
Panel|Sponsored by DESD|Cosponsored by OPD|Session Chairs: Gail H. Marcus, Steven M. Mirsky
Panel|Session Chair: Jacopo Buongiorno
Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Panel|Session Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Sponsored by ANSTD|Cosponsored by RPD|Session Chair: Jeffrey C. King
Panel|Cosponsored by NCSD|Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Sponsored by THD|Cosponsored by RPD|Session Chair: Trevor Howard
Panel|Session Chair: Alisha Kasam-Griffith
Session Chair: Kristin Stolte
Session Chair: Jason Hearne
Session Chair: Blair Bromley
Session Chair: Benjamin R. Betzler
Cosponsored by IRD, NNPD|Session Chair: Fatma Abdelrahman
Session Chair: Dominic Napolitano
Session Chair: Andrew Rosenstrom
Session Chair: Yuefeng Qiu
Session Chair: Mihai Diaconeasa
Session Chair: Jun Wang
Panel|Session Chair: W. David Pointer
Panel|Session Chair: Ling Zou
Cosponsored by RPD|Session Chair: Trevor Howard
Session Chair: Sang J. Kim
Session Chair: Robert P. Martin
Session Chair: Jinyong Feng
Session Chair: Shanbin Shi
Session Chair: Elia Merzari
Panel|Session Chair: Matthew J. Jasica
Panel|Session Chair: Eric G. Meyer
Panel|Cosponsored by ETWDD|Session Chairs: Leigh Winfrey, Shirly Rodriguez
