ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
Latest Magazine Issues
Aug 2026
Jan 2026
2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
October 2026
Nuclear Technology
September 2026
Fusion Science and Technology
August 2026
Latest News
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.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Monday, November 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Lantana
Session Chair:
Seth King (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Chris Camphouse (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Emily R. Stein
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
Advances in Sensitivity Analysis for Repository Performance Assessment: Examples from the International JOSA Exercise
1:00–1:20PM MST
Dirk-Alexander Becker (GRS), Sabine M. Spiessl (GRS)
Paper
A Comparison of Uncertainty Quantification Methods for Modelling Radionuclide Transport in Nuclear Waste Disposal Systems
1:20–1:40PM MST
Merle Bjorge (Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung), Aqeel Afzal Chaudhry (Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg), Wolfram Rühaak (Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung), Thomas Nagel (Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg)
Multimodel Methods for Uncertainty Quantification of Repository Systems
1:40–2:00PM MST
Teresa Portone (Sandia), Michael Eldred (Sandia), Gianluca Geraci (Sandia), Laura Swiler (Sandia)
Beyond Kd: Next Generation Performance Assessment Framework Through Machine Learning
2:00–2:20PM MST
Haruko Wainwright (MIT), Elliot Chang (LLNL), Dinara Ermakova (Univ. California, Berkeley), Hannah Lu (Stanford Univ.), Linda Beverly (California State Univ., East Bay), Michael Nole (Sandia), Mavrik Zavarin (LLNL), Omotayo Omosebi (LBNL), Liange Zheng (LBNL)
Natural Analogue Studies in Support of Post-Closure Safety Assessment of Deep Geological Disposal
2:20–2:40PM MST
Zhenze Li (CNSC), Thanh Son Nguyen (CNSC), Matthew Herod (CNSC), Julie Brown (CNSC), Hamed Mozafarishamsi (Univ. Ottawa), Ian Clark (Univ. Ottawa)
