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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|New and Advanced Reactors
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Mauricio Tano (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Lambert Fick (Kairos)
Session Organizer:
Rui Hu
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Design and Construction of an Integral-Effect Test Facility FLUSTFA for Molten Salt Reactor Applications
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Sheng Zhang (Univ. Michigan), Hsun-Chia Lin (Univ. Michigan), Minghui Chen (Univ. Michigan), Shanbin Shi (Univ. Michigan), Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan), Qiuping Lv (ANL)
Paper
Initial Operation of a High-Temperature Fluoride Salt Test Facility (FLUSTFA): Issues Identified and Paths Forward
11:05–11:25AM EDT
Sheng Zhang (Univ. Michigan), Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan)
Design of a Natural Circulation Experiment to Investigate Flow Stability
11:25–11:45AM EDT
J.S. Narvaez Arrua (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), P. Rubiolo (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), J. Giraud (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), V. Ghetta (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), A. Cammi (Politecnico di Milano), S. Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano)
Flow-Informed Corrosion in Molten Salts Using the Poisson-Nernst-Planck Model
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
M. Tano (INL), S. Walker (INL), A. Abou-Jaoude (INL)
Fuel Flow Modeling Under Thermal Fluidics Considerations Within Operational Domains of Molten Salt Reactors
12:05–12:25PM EDT
Thabit M. Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
