MONDAY, APRIL 15

 

ARSXI WELCOME RECEPTION

Thompson Hotel, Houston Texas

Capella Ballroom (5th Floor) 

6:00pm – 7:30pm

 

Welcoming Remarks

 

Mr. Todd Abrajano

President & CEO

U.S. Nuclear Industry Council

 

Hon. Jeffrey S. Merrifield 

Former Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Chair, USNIC 

Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

 

Mr. James Walker 

Nano Nuclear Energy

CEO

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TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH – PLENARY

Thompson Hotel, Houston – Vesper Ballroom (5th Floor)

 

7:30 am

REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

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8:00 am

I. WELCOME

 

Mr. Todd Abrajano

President & CEO

U.S. Nuclear Industry Council

 

Hon. Jeffrey S. Merrifield

Former Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Chairman, USNIC

Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

 

8:30 am

II. PLANS FOR TEXAS NUCLEAR GENERATION

 

9:00 am

III. Fireside Chat

This panel will provide an opportunity to discuss the development of an innovative molten salt reactor technology that is first being demonstrated at Abilene Christian University

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Hon. Jeffrey S. Merrifield

Former Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Chairman, USNIC

Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

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Mr. Doug Robison

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Natura

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9:30 am

IV. ADVANCED REACTORS PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES

This panel will focus on the Dow deployment of the XE-100 at their Seadrift facility in Texas, planned next steps, and possible impact on engendering interest in small modular reactors from other petrochemical companies.

 

Hon. Clay Sell

President & CEO

X-energy

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Mr. Edward Stones

Vice President – Energy & Climate

Dow Corporation

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10:00 am

BREAK

 

10:30 am

V. POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS FOR NUCLEAR DEPLOYMENT

This panel will focus on potential opportunities to deploy nuclear energy in the Gulf Coast Oil and Gas sector.  The panel will discuss the opportunities for nuclear energy to provide process heat, steam and electricity, the drivers for this effort, and how this may impact operations outside of Texas.

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11:10 am

VI.  A NEW GENERATION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

 

11:50 pm

VII. IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY PARTNERSHIP OVERVIEW NARUC

 

Dr. Jess Gehin

Deputy Laboratory Director

Idaho National Laboratory

 

12:10 pm

VIII. OUTLOOK FROM NARUC

 

The Hon. Tim Echols

Commissioner & Vice-Chairman, Georgia Public Utilities Commission

Chairman, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners – Nuclear Subcommittee

 

12:30 pm

LUNCH

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1:30 pm

IX. UTILITY DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED REACTORS IN CANADA

This panel will focus on ongoing efforts to deploy advanced reactor technologies in Canada for electrical and industrial needs, and the role of Canadian regulators and government organizations.

 

Ms. Juliann Edwards – Moderator

Chair, U.S. Women in Nuclear

Board Advisor, Solestiss

 

Mr. Rupen Pandya

President and CEO

Sask Power

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Mr. Sean Sexstone

Executive Vice President

GE Hitachi

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2:15 pm

X.  GENERATION IV AND BEYOND

 

Ms. Diane Cameron

Head of Division

Nuclear Technology Development and Economics

OECD/NEA

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2:35 pm

BREAK

 

3:00 pm

XI. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT – SPURRING THE DEPLOYMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES

This panel will focus challenges in getting advanced nuclear technology developed and deploying nuclear in industrial and data center applications, including the role of early movers and financing.

 

Mr. Niko McMurray – Moderator

Managing Director, International & Nuclear Policy

ClearPath

 

Mr. Chris Colbert

CEO & Chairman

Elementl Power

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Ms. Leah Crider

Vice President – eVinci Microreactors

Westinghouse Electric Company

 

3:40 pm

XII.  TRAILBLAZER UPDATE

 

Ms. Katherine Williams

Chief Executive Officer

Framatome

 

4:00 pm

XIII. PANEL – ARDP DEPLOYMENT

This panel will focus on the challenges in getting advanced nuclear technology deployed at prior coals sites and in industrial settings, and well as challenges in getting widespread deployment.

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Ms. Judi Greenwald – Moderator

Executive Director

Nuclear Innovation Alliance

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Mr. Chris Levesque

Chief Executive Officer

TerraPower

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Mr. John Howanitz

President - Nuclear

Bechtel

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4:30 pm

XIV. PANEL: BEHIND THE METER – OPPORTUNITIES TO POWER BEHIND THE METER APPLICATIONS

This panel will focus on opportunities to enable advanced nuclear technology solutions to be deployed for data centers and industry, including ownership issues, relations with local electric utilities, and possible “roll out” strategies to achieve very high reliability.

 

Dr. Ron Faibish – Moderator

Chair, USNIC Space and Emerging Technologies Working Group

Sr. Director, Strategic Development, Nuclear Technologies & Materials

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS)

 

Mr. Nick Morriss

Director of Business Development

Shepherd Power

 

Mr. Ben Pickett

Vice President

Nucor

 

Mr. Simon Irish

CEO

Terrestrial

 

Ms. Sana Ouji

Data Center Clean Energy Strategy, Americas

Google

 

5:15 pm

ADJOURN DAY ONE PLENARY

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