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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 RPD
Tuesday, November 11, 2025|1:00–2:45PM EST|Columbia 11
Session Chair:
Travis Lange (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu
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Update on New Models Available on the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) in 2025
1:00–1:20PM EST
Lise Charlot (INL), Emily R. Shemon (ANL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Patrick Behne (INL), Benjamin Spencer (INL), Zachary M. Prince (INL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Soon K. Lee (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Travis Lange (INL), Olin W. Calvin (INL), Kylee Swanson (INL), Daniel C. Yankura (INL), Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL), Thomas Folk (Idaho National Laboratory - National Reactor Innovation Center)
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NEAMS Microreactor Models Submitted to the VTB in 2025
1:20–1:40PM EST
Yinbin Miao (ANL), Ahmed Amin Abdelhameed (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Soon K. Lee (ANL), Yiqi Yu (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Nicolas Stauff (ANL), Emily Shemon (ANL)
Development of a Modular Framework for the Verification of the NRIC-DOME Shield Two-step Approach
1:40–2:00PM EST
Joffrey Dorville (ANL), Paul A. Ferney (INL), Mohamed Elkamash (INL), Paul K. Romano (ANL), Lise Charlot (INL), Emily Shemon (ANL)
A Variance Reduction Workflow to Compute Neutron and Photon Flux Maps in the DOME Facility
2:00–2:20PM EST
Paul A. Ferney (Young Members Group), Mohamed Elkamash (INL), Joffrey Dorville (ANL), Paul Romano (ANL), Lise Charlot (INL), Emily R. Shemon (ANL)
Modeling Radiation Heat Transfer in The DOME Shield Cavity
2:20–2:40PM EST
Mohamed M. Elkamash (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Lise Charlot (INL), Joffrey J. Dorville (ANL), Paul A. Ferney (INL), Emily R. Shemon (ANL), Paul Romano (ANL), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
