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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
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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|301B
Session Chair:
Linyu Lin
Alternate Chair:
Junyung Kim
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble
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Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Hash Hashemian
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Takanori Kajihara
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Hyun Kang
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Roger Lew
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Latest Trend in Worldwide Nuclear Energy Production
10:00–10:25AM EDT
H.M. Hashemian (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.)
Paper
Digital Twins for Optimizing the Real-Time Economy of Integrated Energy Systems
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Takanori Kajihara (INL), Daniel Garrett (INL), Junyung Kim (INL), Linyu Lin (INL), Jeren M. Browning (INL), Paul Talbot (INL)
Operation Optimization Using Reinforcement Learning with Integrated Artificial Reasoning Framework
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Junyung Kim (INL), Daniel Mikkelson (INL), Xinyan Wang (MIT), Xingang Zhao (ORNL), Hyun Gook Kang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Rancor Reduced Order Model Nuclear Power Plant Simulator for Real-Time Simulations and Hardware in-the-Loop Testing
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Roger Lew (Univ. Idaho), Thomas Ulrich (INL)
