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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.
Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)
Technical Session|Panel
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Lincoln West
Session Chair:
Michael Miller (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Heather Dion (LANL)
The National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation initiated the Nonproliferation Stewardship Program (NSP) in 2020 to provide an enduring pipeline of nonproliferation subject matter experts to the DOE/NNSA laboratories. This program provides nonproliferation-relevant science & technology opportunities through modernized facility infrastructure. This session provides an overview of the NSP, highlights on-going efforts in uranium and plutonium processing and describes examples of hands-on experimental work and associated modeling and simulation.
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Session Notes
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — NSP Futures
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — USTC - Experiments
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — USTC - Mod/Sim
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — AMUSE
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The Nonproliferation Stewardship Program
1:00–1:10PM EST
Michael C. Miller (INL)
Futures Group: Workshops and Analyses to Support NSP
1:10–1:20PM EST
Uranium Science and Technology Center: Experimental Uranium Chemistry
1:20–1:30PM EST
Randy Ngelale (ORNL)
Uranium Science and Technology Center: Uranium Modeling & Simulation
1:30–1:40PM EST
Ashley Shields (ORNL)
Athena: Stewarding Capabilities for Nonproliferation in Irradiated Fuel Processing
1:40–1:50PM EST
Brienne Seiner (PNNL)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
The AMUSE Code and its Application to Nonproliferation
1:50–2:00PM EST
Laura E. Maggos (ANL)
Paper
Simulating Processing of Actinides and Developing Expertise (SPADE)
2:00–2:10PM EST
Lawrence Banks (LLNL)
