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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|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Canaveral 1
Session Chair:
Andrew Ford
Alternate Chair:
Andrew E. Thomas
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Benchmarking the Current Capability of BISON to Model Constituent Redistribution and Swelling in U-Zr Annular Fuels Without a Sodium Bond
1:00–1:20PM EST
Yogesh Kumar (Univ. Florida), Jacob Hirschhorn (INL), Michael Tonks (Univ. Florida)
Paper
Phase Field Modeling of Irradiation Impact on the Corrosion Behavior of SS 316H by Molten Salt
1:20–1:40PM EST
Thompson Igunma (Univ. Florida), Michael Tonks (Univ. Florida)
Preliminary Modeling of Molybdenum Deposition in a Molten Salt Reactor
1:40–2:00PM EST
Logan Brown (TAMU), Mark Kimber (TAMU)
Optimal Microreactor Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger Microchannel Design for a Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle
2:00–2:20PM EST
Curtis H. Foster (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mitchell R. Erickson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gregory F. Nellis (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Comparison of Multi-Effect Distillation and Reverse Osmosis for Nuclear-Coupled ZLD Seawater Desalination
2:20–2:40PM EST
Kristian Marril Bacarro (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Luca Mastropasqua (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mohan Qin (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael J. Wagner (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
