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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 RPD
Wednesday, November 12, 2025|10:15AM–12:00PM EST|Georgetown East
Session Chair:
Ahmed Amin Abdelhameed
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu
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Development of the Sodium-cooled Thermal-spectrum Advanced Research Test Reactor (STARTR) Model
10:15–10:35AM EST
Travis Lange (INL), Thomas Folk (Idaho National Laboratory - National Reactor Innovation Center)
Paper
Comparison of the Reactivity Model to a Jump in Equilibrium Method for Micro-Pebble-Bed High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors
10:35–10:55AM EST
Donald L. Doyle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Flux Decomposition in a Molten Salt Reactor
10:55–11:15AM EST
Sree Gudala (Univ. Texas, Austin), Benjamin Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Enhanced Neutronics Analysis of HFIR LEU Optimized Fuel Design via Improved PHAME Framework
11:15–11:35AM EST
Yves Robert (ORNL)
Impact of Spatial Mesh Resolution on Beryllium Poison Production and End-of-Cycle Reactivity in HFIR
11:35–11:55AM EST
Kevin Burg (ORNL), David Chandler (ORNL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL)
