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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.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Thursday, July 20, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|Rotunda
Session Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
Alternate Chair:
Nancy J. Lybeck
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Ultrasonic Assessment of Neutron Irradiated Concrete-Forming Aggregates
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Hongbin Sun (ORNL), Elena Tajuelo Rodriguez (ORNL), Jose Arregui Mena (ORNL), Yann Le Pape (ORNL), Thomas M. Rosseel (ORNL)
Paper
Acceptance Criteria for Instrumentation and Control Cabling
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Patrick Ward (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), Codi Ferree (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), Elijah Connatser (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), Casey Sexton (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.)
Presented by Adam Deatherage (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.)
Signal Processing of Multiplexed Optical PWM Signals for Sensor Arrays in Nuclear Environments
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Daniel C. Sweeney (ORNL), F. Kyle Reed (ORNL), K.C. Goetz (ORNL), N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL)
Additively Manufactured Strain Sensing for Nuclear Reactor Applications
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Timothy L. Phero (Boise State), Kaelee A. Novich (Boise State), Kiyo T. Fujimoto (INL), Amey R. Khanolkar (INL), Benjamin C. Johnson (Boise State), Michael D. McMurtrey (INL), David Estrada (Boise State), Brian J. Jaques (Boise State)
