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A wide variety of advanced reactor designs are being developed internationally. Advanced reactors will have simpler designs, be inherently and/or passively safe, and have an expected reduction in costs. Panel session discussions will focus on the various technologies and the challenges they are encountering, along with their timings for deployment.

 

Don Moneghan

Dan Moneghan
EPRI
Moderator

Maury Pressburger

Maury Pressburger
Sargent & Lundy
Moderator

Joe Remic

Joe Remic
NuScale
Presenter

Jacob Jiminez

Jacob Jiminez
Last Energy
Presenter

 

A wide variety of advanced reactor designs are being developed internationally. Advanced reactors will have simpler designs, be inherently and/or passively safe, and have an expected reduction in costs. Panel session discussions will focus on the various technologies and the challenges they are encountering, along with their timings for deployment.

 

Don Moneghan

Dan Moneghan
EPRI
Moderator

Maury Pressburger

Maury Pressburger
Sargent & Lundy
Moderator

Yasir Arafat

Yasir Arafat
AALO
Presenter

Bob Lotti

Bob Lotti
ARC Clean Energy
Presenter

 

New reactor technologies approach safety in different ways, and it is important that the regulatory framework for these new designs can accommodate these different approaches while ensuring safety.

 

Chris Wax

Chris Wax
EPRI
Moderator

Asif Arastu

Asif Arastu
Moderator

Matthew Naraine

Matthew Naraine
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Presenter

Kelli Voelsing

Kelli Voelsing
Nuclear Energy Institute
Presenter

Brandson Chishold

Brandson Chishold
Southern Nuclear Company
Presenter

 

The rapid deployment of advanced reactors will require a change towards the international standardization of reactor designs and the harmonization of approaches to licensing, codes, and standards.

 

Hasan Charkas

Hasan Charkas
EPRI
Moderator

Kathryn Hyam

Kathryn Hyam
ASME
Moderator

Larissa Logan

Larissa Logan
CSA
Presenter

Tom Roberts

Tom Roberts
Presenter
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Yanli Wang

Yanli Wang
Framatome
Presenter

Dale Matthews

Dale Matthews
Oak Ridge National Lab
Presenter
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The fundamentally different approach to manufacturing Small Modular Reactors / Advanced Reactors will challenge both nuclear suppliers as well as regulators. In order for new nuclear reactors to scale at the pace necessary, improvements in construction approaches and techniques – many of which are already used in in other industries – will be needed.

 

Marc Albert

Marc Albert
EPRI
Moderator

Richard Howard

Richard Howard
ORNL
Presenter

Ryan DeHoff

Ryan DeHoff
ORNL
Presenter

Phil Malone

Phil Malone
Core Power
Presenter

Matthew Kravec

Matthew Kravec
Westinghouse
Presenter

Marcel Devos

Marcel Devos
Prodigy Energy
Presenter

Jason Limbin

Jason Limbin
Crane
Presenter

 

As global energy demands rise and sustainability goals become more critical, industries must rethink how they power data centers, manufacturing plants, and large-scale facilities. This panel brings together experts in data centers, industrial operations, and combined heat and power (CHP), also known as co-generation to discuss innovative strategies for reducing carbon footprints, improving resiliency, and optimizing energy use, especially using small modular reactors and microreactors or other advanced reactors as co-generation sources.

 

Guoqiang Wang

Guoqiang Wang
PNNL
Moderator

Frank Michell

Frank Michell
Power Industry Consulting, LLC
Moderator

 

The Nuclear Assurance panel will discuss possible programs for advanced reactors to include considerations for NQA-1 Code, ISO 9001, Graded Quality Assurance concepts and Commercial Grade Dedication. We expect discussion on NRC acceptance of QA program variations.

 

Marc Tannenbaum

Marc Tannenbaum
EPRI
Moderator

Taunia Sandquist

Taunia Sandquist
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Moderator

Ed Renaud

Ed Renaud
Westinghouse
Presenter

Kelli Voelsing

Kelli Voelsing
Nuclear Energy Institute
Presenter

Spencer Daw

Spencer Daw
Idaho National Lab
Presenter

 

Don Moneghan

Dan Moneghan
EPRI
Moderator

Yassin Hassan

Yassin Hassan
Texas A&M University
Moderator

Jess Sloane

Jess Sloane
Presenter

Vik Singh

Vik Singh
Presenter

Ross Radel

Ross Radel
Presenter

T. Kalinovski

T. Kalinovski
Presenter

Mark Nutt

Mark Nutt
Presenter