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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|4:50–6:30PM EST|3
Session Chair:
David Senor (PNNL)
Staff Producer:
David Strutz (American Nuclear Society)
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Compatibility of FeCrAlMo alloy in thermally convective eutectic PbLi up to 700 C
Jiheon Jun (ORNL), Bruce Pint, Michael Lance, Kinga Unocic
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Additive manufacturing for fusion plasma facing components
Morris Wong, Ram Devanathan, Charles Henager, Christopher Spadaccini, Robert Kolasinski, Richard Nygren, Ying Yang, Peeyush Nandwana, Michael Kirka, John Echols, Betsy Ellis, Niyanth Sridharan, Yutai Katoh (ORNL)
Modeling Magnetic Material using Vector Potential Based Elements in ANSYS
Peter Titus, Han Zhang, Ph.D (PPPL)
Do interfacial oxides affect the late-stage oxidation kinetics in tungsten?
Yevhen Zayachuk (UKAEA), Viacheslav Kuksenko (UKAEA), Eric Prestat (University of Manchester), Stephen E Donnelly (University of Huddersfield), Graeme Greaves (University of Huddersfield), George Fulton (UKAEA), Joven JH Lim (UKAEA), Artem Lunev (UKAEA)
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