RIC 2022 TH27 Non power and Advanced Reactors Merging of Two Worlds
Channel: NRCgov
Date: 2022-04-19

TH27  Non-power and Advanced Reactors: Merging of Two Worlds
This session will explore how research reactors and other non-power facilities and the development of advanced reactors impact one another. Panelists will share how insights from designing, licensing, constructing, and operating non-power facilities are informing the development of advanced reactors, such as the use of small-scale non-power reactors to demonstrate novel fuel, coolant, and fabrication, and how the technology development and licensing approaches for advanced reactors are influencing the non-power facilities.


SESSION CHAIR(S):
 Robert Taylor, Deputy Office Director for New Reactors, NRR/NRC e-mail: Robert.Taylor@nrc.gov

SPEAKER(S):
 
Introductory Remarks
Robert Taylor, Deputy Office Director for New Reactors, NRR/NRC
Non-power and Advanced Reactors: Merging of Two Worlds at DOE
Alison Hahn, Acting Director for Nuclear Reactor Deployment, U.S. Department of Energy
Non-power and Advanced Reactors: Merging of Two Worlds at the ACU NEXT Lab
Rusty Towell, NEXT Lab Director, Abilene Christian University
The Hermes Reactor - Accelerating KP-FHR Development
Margaret Ellenson, Senior Licensing Engineer, Kairos Power, LLC
Advanced Reactor Demonstrations & the National Reactor Innovation Center
Brad Tomer, Chief Operating Officer, National Reactor Innovation Center, Idaho National Laboratory

SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
 Molly-Kate Gavello, Project Manager, NPUF Licensing Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC e-mail: Molly-Kate.Gavello@nrc.gov