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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.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Noble
Session Chair:
Brady D. Hanson (PNNL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Hannah Patenaude
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Roadmap of Graphite Moderator and Graphite-Matrix TRISO-Fuel Management Options
1:00–1:20PM MST
C.W. Forsberg (MIT)
Paper
Extension of EPRI Benchmarks to Advanced LWR Fuels for SFP Criticality Depletion Uncertainty
1:20–1:40PM MST
Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower), Hatice Akkurt (EPRI), Robert Hall (EPRI)
Incorporation of Accident Tolerant Fuel into the Back End of the Fuel Cycle
1:40–2:00PM MST
K. Banerjee (PNNL), P. Jensen (PNNL), N.A. Klymyshyn (PNNL), D. Richmond (PNNL), A. Rigato (PNNL), J. B. Clarity (PNNL), P. Miller (PNNL), N. Kucinski (ORNL), P. Stefanovic (ORNL), G. Petersen (INL)
Visualization of an Integrated Waste Management Concept of Operations in a Virtual Environment
2:00–2:20PM MST
Abiodun Adeniyi (ORNL), Paul Cantonwine (ORNL), Bruce Bevard (ORNL), Kevin Connolly (ORNL)
