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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 IRD
Monday, November 10, 2025|1:00–2:45PM EST|Columbia 11
Session Chair:
Erik H. Wilson
Alternate Chair:
Igor Jovanovic
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Optical Characterization System Development for In-situ Real-time Irradiation at High Temperatures
1:00–1:20PM EST
Yunping Zhang (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Sylvain Girard (Univ. Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne), Christian Petrie (ORNL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor)
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Preliminary Measurements of Solid FliNaK Samples with Double-Pulse Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
1:20–1:40PM EST
George Sun (Univ. Michigan), Londrea Garrett (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Ammon Williams (INL), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor)
3-D Printed Centrifugal Contactors for Enhanced Solvent Extraction of Molybdenum in Aqueous Systems
1:40–2:00PM EST
Brandon L. Williams (University of Nevada Las Vegas), M. Alex Brown (ANL), Artem Gelis (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Optimizing Gamma Genius Data Processing to Enhance Memory Allocation for Multi-Isotope Configuration of Hybrid Monte Carlo Model
2:00–2:20PM EST
Michael P. Jones (Purdue Univ.), Matthew M. Niichel (United States Space Force), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Benchtop Automated System for Elemental Chemical Separations Research
2:20–2:40PM EST
Joseph Kaminer (ORNL), Christopher Greulich (ORNL), Punam Thakur (ORNL), Anees Al-Najjar (ORNL), Nageswara S. Rao (ORNL), Gavin Wiggins (ORNL), Thomas Naughton (ORNL)
