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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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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|Computational Thermal Hydraulics
Monday, August 21, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 11/12
Session Chair:
Yixiang Liao (HZDR)
Alternate Chair:
Nicolas Merigoux (EdF)
Session Organizer:
Sofiane Benhamadouche
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Impact of Population Balance Model on Subcooled Flow Boiling Simulation
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Daniel Vlček (Czech Technical Univ.), Yohei Sato (Paul Scherrer Institute)
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Building a Boiling-Flow Multiphase CFD Framework for Nuclear Reactor Conditions
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Corentin Reiss (CEA), Antoine Gerschenfeld (CEA), Catherine Colin (IMFT)
Two-Phase Modeling of Wall and Bulk Condensation by Hybrid VOF-Mixture Approach for Containment Applications
2:10–2:30PM EDT
Allen George (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Stephan Kelm (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Xu Cheng (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)
A 2D Lattice Boltzmann Model for Simulation of Single Bubble Nucleation and Departure in Pool Boiling
2:30–2:50PM EDT
Guanchen Liu (Univ. Luxembourg), Filip Janasz (Univ. Luxembourg), Stephan Leyer (Univ. Luxembourg)
