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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.
Panel and Technical Session|Fusion and Plasma Physics
Saturday, April 15, 2023|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Student Union 262B
Session Chair:
Promise Adebayo-Ige (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Cade Abbott (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Fusion Energy Division.
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High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering Based Ablator Development for Laser-Fusion Applications
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Steven L. Frankowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Hongwei Xu (General Atomics), Priya Raman (General Atomics), Haibo Huang (General Atomics)
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Modular RF Compensated Langmuir Probe Design and Analysis
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Matthew E. Koska (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Davin U. Hess (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Sputtered Ion Measurements of an Oxidized Boron and Lithium Coating Exposed to Low-Energy Ions
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Braden T. Moore (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Shota Abe (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Bruce Koel (Princeton Univ.), Euichan Jung (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
Dynamic Lithium Corrosion of Fusion Relevant Substrates
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Emily Greene (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Cody Moynihan (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Steven A. Stemmley (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), David N. Ruzic (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
