Advanced Reactors Technical Summit V
&
Technology Trailblazers Showcase
February 20-22 2018
Texas A&M
Detailed Advance Agenda
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Tuesday, February 20
Millennial Nuclear Caucus, Career Fair & Welcome Reception
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Millennial Nuclear Caucus
Texas A&M Memorial Student Center (MSC) Room 2401
275 Joe Routt Blvd #2240
College Station, TX 77843
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Career Fair
Legacy Club at Texas A&M's Kyle Field
756 Houston Street
College Station, TX
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Welcome Reception
Legacy Club at Texas A&M's Kyle Field
756 Houston Street
College Station, TX
Wednesday, February 21
PLENARY PROGRAM
8:00 am – 5:30 pm
The Stella Hotel
4100 Lake Atlas Drive
Bryan, TX
MORNING PROGRAM
WELCOME ADDRESS
Dr. M. Katherine Banks
Vice Chancellor and Dean of Engineering
Director, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
University Distinguished Professor
Harold J. Haynes Dean's Chair Professor
Texas A&M University
Mr. David Blee
Executive Director
U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council
I. STAGE SETTERS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY KEYNOTE
The Honorable Mark Menezes
Under Secretary of Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
SPECIAL ADDRESS
The Honorable Stephen Burns
Commissioner
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE
The Honorable William D. Magwood, IV
Director-General
Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
II. INDUSTRY KEYNOTE
Mr. John L. Hopkins
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
NuScale Power, LLC.
III. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE I
Energy Multiplier Module (EM2)
Dr. Christina Back
Vice President, Nuclear Technologies and Materials
General Atomics
Xe-100 - Pebble-Bed High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR)
Mr. Harlan Bowers
President
X-energy
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
IV. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE II
Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR®)
Mr. Simon Irish
Chief Executive Officer
Terrestrial Energy
Fluoride Salt Cooled, High Temperature Reactor (FHR)
Dr. Per Peterson
Chief Nuclear Officer
Kairos Power
V. FORGING GOVERNMENT & INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS
PANEL: DOE, National Laboratory and International Initiatives
Hon. Pete Lyons – Moderator
Former Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy
Dr. Rita Baranwal
Director, Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
Idaho National Laboratory
Dr. John Wagner
Associate Lab Director - Nuclear S&T
Idaho National Laboratory
Dr. Hussein Khalil
Director, Nuclear Energy and Security Program Distinguished Fellow
Argonne National Laboratory
Dr. Alan S. Icenhour
Associate Laboratory Director
Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
VI.TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE III
PRISM (Power Reactor Innovative Small Modular) Reactor
Mr. Patrick Looney
Vice President, Advanced Reactors & Services
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Innovative Advanced Test Reactor
Mr. Philip Moor
President
High Bridge Energy Development
VII. CRITICAL PATH ISSUES
PANEL: Overarching Technical Issues I
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Design, Engineering & Management
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Materials & Testing
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Bridging the Gap
Mr. David Blee – Moderator
Executive Director
U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council
Dr. John Gilleland
Chief Technical Officer
TerraPower LLC
Dr. Ron Faibish
Senior Director of Business Development
General Atomics
Dr. Robert Hill
Technical Director, Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
Argonne National Laboratory
Dr. Yassin A. Hassan
Department Head, Nuclear Engineering
Sallie & Don Davis '61 Professor in Nuclear Engineering
Texas A&M University
ADVANCED REACTORS AWARDS RECEPTION
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University
1000 George Bush Dr W
College Station, TX
Thursday, February 22
PLENARY PROGRAM
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
The Stella Hotel
4100 Lake Atlas Drive
Bryan, Texas
MORNING PROGRAM
VIII. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE IV
Westinghouse SMR, LFR & eVinci Micro Reactor
Mr. Ken Canavan
Chief Technology Officer
Westinghouse Electric Company
Traveling Wave Reactor (TWR) & Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR)
Dr. John Gilleland
Chief Technical Officer
TerraPower LLC
VIX. CRITICAL PATH ISSUES II
PANEL: Overarching Technical Issues II
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High Performance Computing
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Modeling & Simulation
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Advanced Fuels
Mr. Jeremy Harrell – Moderator
Managing Director – Policy
ClearPath
Mr. David Fletcher
Head of Business Development
Urenco and U-Battery
Mr. Jeff Whitt
Director, Business Development
Contracts & Services - North America
Fuel Commercial & Customer Center
Framatome
Dr. Jean C. Ragusa
Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering
Associate Director, Institute for Scientific Computation (ISC)
Texas A&M University
X. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE V
Molten Chloride Salt Fast Reactor (MCSFR)
Dr. Edward Pheil
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
Elysium Industries
Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactor (ADSR)
Dr. Rolland Johnson
President
Muons, Inc.
XI. LICENSING MODERNIZATION
PANEL: Moving the Licensing Paradigm Forward
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NRC Initiatives
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Congressional Initiatives
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Industry Priorities
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Canadian Regulatory Developments
Hon. Jeffrey Merrifield – Moderator
Former Commissioner, USNRC
&
Chairman, USNIC Advanced Reactors Task Force
&
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Mr. John Monninger
Director, Advanced Reactors
Office of New Reactors
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mr. Ramzi Jammal
Executive Vice-President and Chief Regulatory Operations Officer
Regulatory Operations Branch, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Dr. Jennifer Uhle
Director of Reactor Safety Programs
Jensen Hughes
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
XII. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE VI
Nuclear Hybrid Gas Reactor
Mr. Michael Keller
President and CEO
Hybrid Power Technologies, LLC
NuGen Engine
Mr. Steve Rhyne
Founder and CEO
NuGen, LLC
XIII. ADVANCED REACTORS DEPLOYMENT
Mr. David Blee – Moderator
Executive Director
U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council
Mr. Charles Hess
Vice President
High Bridge Associates
Mr. Irfan Ali
Managing Director
Energy Innovation Reform Project (EIRP)
Dr. Bronwyn Hyland
Program Manager, Small Modular and Advanced Reactor Technologies
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Dr. Andrew Sowder
Technical Executive
Advanced Nuclear Technology
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Dr. Ron Faibish
Senior Director of Business Development
General Atomics
CLOSING REMARKS & ADJOURN
OPTIONAL TOURS
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Participants of the Advanced Reactors Technical Summit V & Showcase will have the opportunity to take part in one of the optional tours:
1. Texas A&M's Nuclear Science Center's TRIGA Reactor; *
2. Thermal Hydraulic Research Laboratory;
3. Fuel Cycle and Materials Laboratory
* Please note: The NSC's TRIGA Reactor tour is fully subscribed.
