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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|8:00–9:45AM EDT|Marriott 2
Session Chair:
Jun Liao (Westinghouse)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Joseph Seo (TAMU)
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Progress of Westinghouse LFR Safety Case and Safety Analysis
8:00–8:20AM EDT
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jim Scobel (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Luciano Maniaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andrea Maioli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Guido Gerra (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Richard Rolland III (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Oleg Boychenko (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Megan E. Durse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Daniel L. Wise (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Cory Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Richard F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Sung Jin Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), Michael Epstein (Fauske & Assoc.)
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RELAP5-3D Solutions to Exercise 1 of the OECD-NEA HTTF Benchmark
8:20–8:40AM EDT
Robert F. Kile (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Aaron S. Epiney (INL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
X-ray Imaging of Flow Phenomena Within Sodium Heat Pipes for Microreactor Applications
8:40–9:00AM EDT
Erik M. Tillman (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gregory F. Nellis (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Fast Modular Reactor Core Flow Channel Analysis
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Jonathan Rohrbacher (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Oscar Gutierrez (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems)
Digital Twin and Prediction of Temperature Distribution for Thermosyphon Heat Pipe Using LSTM
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Ik Jae Jin (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
