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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|301D
Session Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Alternate Chair:
Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Organizer:
Vaibhav Yadav
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Multi-Fidelity Machine Learning Approach to Material Modeling for Digital Twin Framework
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), James Daniell (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Dinesh Kumar (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Syed Alam (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
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Components of Intelligent Digital Twin Framework for Complex Nuclear System
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), James Daniell (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Md Nazmus Sakib (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Dinesh Kumar (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Syed Alam (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Applications of APR1400 MMIS Virtualization Simulator for the NPP's Performance
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Sungjin Lee (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.), Ho Sun Ryu (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.), Min-seok Kim (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.), Yong Sik Kim (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.)
Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Identification of Human Errors in Nuclear Power Plants
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Bhavya Reddy Kotla (San Jose State), Ezgi Gursel (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Katy Daniels (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Anahita Khojandi (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie Baalis Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Vivek Agarwal (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Ronald L. Boring (INL), Mahboubeh Madadi (San Jose State)
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