Sponsored by the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

The collaboration between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the NRC for the Development of Criticality Safety Benchmarking Data for HALEU Fuel Cycle and Transportation (DNCSH) project is an initiative to develop and provide critical benchmarking data for the safe handling and transport of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel. The goal of the DNCSH project is to support the licensing and regulation of advanced nuclear reactors and the associated HALEU fuel cycle by filling gaps in criticality safety data, which is essential for ensuring safety during commercial scale operations and transportation. This digital exhibit will describe the NRC and DOE collaboration and the ongoing DNCSH activities being conducted to support the NRC.