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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 OPD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Honeysuckle
Session Chair:
Vivek Utgikar (Univ. Idaho)
Alternate Chair:
Aaron Epiney (INL)
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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Thermal Stress Modeling and Analysis of Packed-Bed Thermocline Energy Storage Tank for INL Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS)
1:00–1:20PM MST
Sunming Qin (INL), JunSoo Yoo (INL), Terry J. Morton (INL)
Paper
Corrosion Evaluation of Metal Foams in Eutectic Salts for Selection of High-Temperature Heat Storage Medium
1:20–1:40PM MST
Hansol Kim (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU), JunSoo Yoo (INL), Minseop Song (INL), Sunming Qin (INL), Jeremy Hartvigsen (INL)
High-Temperature Latent Heat Storage System Using Transportable Heat Pipes for Versatile Integration with Emerging Microreactors
1:40–2:00PM MST
JunSoo Yoo (INL), Minseop Song (INL), Sunming Qin (INL), Jeremy Hartvigsen (INL), Hansol Kim (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
Thermal Modeling and Simulation of the Packed-Bed Thermal Energy Storage Combined with INL Thermal Energy Distribution System
2:00–2:20PM MST
JunSoo Yoo (INL), Sunming Qin (INL), Terry J. Morton (INL)
Development of Numerical Model of Metal Foam with PCM for the Estimation of Effective Thermal Conductivity
2:20–2:40PM MST
Minseop Song (INL), JunSoo Yoo (INL), Sunming Qin (INL)
