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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.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) 2020 Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST|2
Session Chair:
Daniel Andruczyk (Univ. of Ill., Urbana-Champaign)
Staff Producer:
Mary Tong (American Nuclear Society)
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Recent CIEMAT experimental activities on liquid metals for fusion applications
JuanManuel García (CIEMAT, LNF), David Rapisarda (CIEMAT, LNF), Gianluca Dovidio (CIEMAT, LNF), Joaquin Molla (CIEMAT, LNF), Marta Malo (CIEMAT, LNF), David Jimenez-Rey (CIEMAT, LNF), Angel Ibarra (CIEMAT, LNF), Jesus Herranz (CIEMAT, LNF), Teresa Hernandez (CIEMAT, LNF), Sebastian Hendricks (CIEMAT, LNF), Maria Gonzalez (CIEMAT, LNF), Angela Garcia (CIEMAT, LNF), Belit Garcinuno (CIEMAT, LNF), Elisabetta Carella (CIEMAT, LNF)
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Status and progress of liquid metal thermofluids modelling for the US Fusion Nuclear Science Facility
Charles Kessel (ORNL), Peter Huang (HyPerComp Inc), Yuchen Jiang (UCLA), Tyler Rhodes (UCLA), Sergey Smolentsev (UCLA)
Analysis of MHD effect on drainage of PbLi channel for WCLL and HCLL breeding blankets
Italo Ricapito (Fusion for Energy), Francesca Papa (Università La Sapienza), Massimo Zucchetti (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Politecnico di Torino), Marco Utili (ENEA C. R. Brasimone), Ciro Alberghi (Politecnico di Torino), Alessandro Venturini (ENEA C. R. Brasimone), Luigi Candido (Politecnico di Torino)
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