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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|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Marriott 2
Session Chair:
Trevor Kent Howard (OSU)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Lane Carasik (VCU)
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Simulations of the Reactor Cavity Cooling System (RCCS) Experimental Facility Using Flownex
1:00–1:20PM EDT
Marcos S. Sena (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
Paper
Coupled Simulation of Mixing in Loop Systems Using a Hybrid Multiscale Domain Coupling Between the Navier-Stokes Module and SAM
1:20–1:40PM EDT
Victor Coppo Leite (Penn State), David Reger (Penn State), Aaron Huxford (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
Machine Learning Based 2D Temperature Reconstructions in Two-Phase Fluid Using 1D System Code Results
1:40–2:00PM EDT
Qiyun Cheng (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Huihua Yang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Wei Ji (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Improvements to the TACOCAT Single Channel Analysis Solver: Integrated Testing and Modular Flux Profiles and Geometries
2:00–2:20PM EDT
Trevor C. Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Sierra A. Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Thermal Hydraulics Investigations in Vertical and Horizontal Layouts of Micro-HTGR During Pressurized Conduction Cooldown
2:20–2:40PM EDT
Vivek Rao (ORNL), Ahmed Jasim (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Zeyad Zeitoun (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Uribe Sebastian (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
