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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.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) 2020 Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST|1
Session Chair:
Oleg Zikanov (Univ Michigan)
Staff Producer:
Janice Lindegard (American Nuclear Society)
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Current results on liquid metal research at the University of Illinois
Charles Kessel, Guizhong Zuo, Davide Curreli, Daniel Edward Andruczyk (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign), David Neil Ruzic, Alfonso de Castro Calles, Matthew Szott, Cody Moynihan, Steven Stemmley, Daniel O'Dea, Andrew Shone, Rabel Rizkallah, Jiansheng Hu, Rajesh Maingi
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Numerical modeling for flowing liquid lithium in 3D printed divertor heat shields
Rajesh Maingi, Andrei Khodak (PPPL)
Measuring the depth of a thin-film liquid metal flow
Peter Ireland, Peter Buxton, Jack Nicholas, Naomi Thoitu Mburu (University of Oxford)
A review of enhanced heat and particle transport in liquid metals by JxB forced convection
Hailin Bi, Yoshi Hirooka (Chubu Daigaku)
