Advanced Reactors Summit VI
&
Technology Trailblazers Showcase
Under the auspices of
The U.S. Nuclear Industry Council
and in Conjunction with
University of California San Diego
January 29-31 2019
San Diego, California
Detailed Advance Agenda
To view the advance agenda as a separate document, click here.
Tuesday, January 29 - Career Fair & Welcome Reception
The Price Center at UC San Diego
11:00am – 1:00pm
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CLEAN ENERGY TALK
4:00pm – 5:30pm
CAREER FAIR
6:00pm – 7:30pm
WELCOME RECEPTION
Wednesday, January 30 - Plenary
The Price Center at UC San Diego
8:00 am
I. WELCOME
Dr. Miroslav Krstic
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Research;
Director of Cymer Center for Control Systems and Dynamics
UC San Diego
Dr. Albert P. Pisano
Professor and Dean
UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
Mr. Linden S. Blue
Vice Chairman
General Atomics
8:20 am
II. STAGE SETTERS
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Transformation & Licensing Modernization
Hon. David A. Wright
Commissioner
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Update
Mr. Ramzi Jammal
Executive Vice President & Chief Regulatory Operations Officer
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Nuclear Programs
Mr. Shane Johnson
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Technology
U.S. Department of Energy
Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear Update
Dr. Rita Baranwal
Director, Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
Idaho National Laboratory
10:00 am
BREAK
10:15 am
III. PANEL: FROM VERY SMALL TO MEGA: THE RIGHT REACTOR SIZE FOR THE RIGHT APPLICATION
Advanced reactors of various sizes are under development: from the very small (micro) for off-grid terrestrial and space applications to the very large, grid baseload-oriented systems. Panelists representing the range of reactor sizes will discuss their unique applications and design features in addition to challenges and innovative ideas to their future successful deployment.
Dr. Ron Faibish - Moderator
Senior Director of Business Development,
Nuclear Technologies and Materials
General Atomics
Dr. Mark Peters
Laboratory Director
Idaho National Laboratory
Mr. Chris Levesque
President and CEO
TerraPower
Ms. Karin Feldman
Vice President, Program Management
NuScale Power
Mr. Ken Canavan
Chief Technology Officer
Westinghouse Electric Company
Dr. Jacob DeWitte
Founder and CEO
Oklo Inc.
11:45 am
IV. SPECIAL UPDATE: LICENSING & FIRST MOVER DEPLOYMENT
Hon. Jeffrey Merrifield
Former Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
&
Chairman, USNIC Advanced Reactor Task Force;
Partner - Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
12:05 pm
V. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE I & WORKING LUNCH
Energy Multiplier Module (EM2)
Dr. Christina Back
Vice President, Nuclear Technologies and Materials
Energy Group
General Atomics
Perspectives and Prospects for a U.S. Compact Fusion Pilot Plant
Dr. Richard Buttery
DIII-D Experimental Science Director
DIII-D National Fusion Facility
General Atomics
1:05 pm
VI. PANEL: ADVANCED FUELS: NEEDS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Discussion on the latest status and plans for advanced nuclear fuels. The session will also feature a specific discussion on the need for high-assay enriched uranium and overall nuclear fuel enrichment capabilities in the U.S. in order to accommodate fuel requirements for future deployment of various types of advanced reactors.
Mr. Spencer Nelson - Moderator
Program Director
ClearPath
Mr. Elmer Dyke
Senior Vice President, Business Operations & Chief Commercial Officer
Centrus Energy
Dr. Jon Carmack
Senior Technical Advisor, Office of Nuclear Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Alan Icenhour
Associate Laboratory Director, Nuclear Science & Engineering
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Mr. Joel Duling
President, Nuclear Operations Group
BWX Technologies, Inc.
Mr. Jeff Whitt
Director, Government Services
Framatome
2:35 pm
VII. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE II
On the Cusp of a New Energy Paradigm
Dr. Michl Binderbauer
Chief Executive Officer
TAE Technologies
2:55 pm
BREAK
3:15 pm
VIII. SPECIAL UPDATE: VERSATILE TEST REACTOR
Dr. Kemal Pasamehmetoglu
Executive Director for the Versatile Test Reactor
Idaho National Laboratory
3:35 pm
IX. PANEL: ADVANCED REACTORS: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
This session will feature international perspectives on the state of advanced reactor concepts and deployment around the world. What are some of the common challenges and opportunities?
Mr. David Blee – Moderator
President & CEO
U.S. Nuclear Industry Council
Dr. Sama Bilbao y León
Head - Division of Nuclear Technology Development and Economics
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Ms. Kirsty Gogan
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Energy for Humanity
Dr. Kathryn McCarthy
Vice-President, Research and Development
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
4:50 pm
X. SPECIAL UPDATE: ARPA-E NUCLEAR PROGRAM UPDATE
Dr. Rachel Slaybaugh
Program Director, Advanced Nuclear Reactor Systems
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
5:10 pm
XI. SPECIAL UPDATE: ADVANCED NUCLEAR, MEET YOUR CUSTOMER
Mr. Tay Stevenson
Partner
Envoy Public Labs
5:30 pm
ADJOURN DAY ONE PLENARY
5:45 pm
TRAILBLAZER AWARDS RECEPTION
The Price Center at UC San Diego
Thursday, January 31 - Plenary
The Price Center at UC San Diego
8:00 am
XII. SPECIAL UPDATE: SPACE APPLICATIONS FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR
Mr. Lee Mason
STMD Principal Technologist for Power & Energy Storage
Glenn Research Center
National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA)
8:20 am
XIII. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE III
GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300, PRISM, VTR Reactors
Dr. Jon Ball
Executive Vice President, Nuclear Plant Projects
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
8:40 am
XIV. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE IV
The Art of Advancing Nuclear Technology
Mr. Robin Rickman
Vice President of Corporate Development
Terrestrial Energy
9:00 am
XV. PANEL: MODELING & SIMULATION AND THEIR INCREASING IMPORTANCE TO LICENSING OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS
Modeling and simulations have undergone dramatic transformation in recent years that has led to codes and computational approaches with ever-increasing levels of fidelity and precision. Such codes and approaches could potentially augment experimental data to provide additional valuable performance data for advanced reactor systems and related technologies, which could not have been achieved a few years ago. The discussion will focus on the promise of modeling and simulation in accelerating the design and eventual deployment of advanced nuclear technologies.
Dr. Hussein Khalil – Moderator
Director, Nuclear Energy and Security Program
Distinguished Fellow
Argonne National Laboratory
Mr. Shane Johnson
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Technology
U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Christopher R. Stanek
NEAMS National Technical Director
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Mr. Raymond Furstenau
Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Dr. David Kropaczek
Director, CASL
Oak Ridge National Lab
Mr. John Bolin
Senior Staff Engineer
General Atomics
10:30 am
BREAK
10:45 am
XVI. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE V
Accelerating Small HTGR Through Modeling and Simulation
Dr. Martin van Staden
Vice President, Reactor Development
X-energy
11:05 am
XVII. SPECIAL UPDATE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S TRANSFORMATIONAL CHALLENGE REACTOR PROGRAM
Dr. Kurt Terrani
Technical Lead, Transformational Challenge Reactor Program
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
11:25 am
XVIII. PANEL: THE NEXUS BETWEEN FISSION AND FUSION: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND BEYOND
Both nuclear fission and fusion technologies have the need for advanced and innovative materials to accommodate extreme operating conditions associated with high temperature, corrosion, and particularly tolerance to high levels of radiation induced damage. The panel will feature a discussion on these common challenges and joint opportunities for addressing them, as well as latest specific status of fusion technology and its future prospects.
Dr. Farhat Beg – Moderator
Director, Center for Energy Research (CER); Principal Investigator, HEDP Group; Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department
UC San Diego
Mr. Michael Delage
Chief Technology Officer
General Fusion
Dr. Christian Deck
Advanced Materials Group Leader
General Atomics
Dr. Steven J. Zinkle
UTK/ORNL Governor’s Chair for Nuclear Materials
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Department of Materials Science & Engineering
University of Tennessee
Dr. George Tynan
Associate Dean of Engineering;
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
12:55 pm
XVIV. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE VI
Starting a Generic Early Site Permit for Advanced Reactors
Mr. Paul Murray
Senior Vice President
Orano Federal Services
1:15 pm
XVV. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE VII & WORKING LUNCH
SMR Initiative for Puerto Rico
Mr. Eddie Guerra
Senior Engineer, Structural
Arup
Hybrid-Nuclear Energy Update
Mr. Michael Keller
President & CEO
Hybrid Power Technologies
2:00 pm
XVI. SUMMARY & CHARGE
2:15 pm
ADJOURN DAY TWO PLENARY
Optional Tours
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Optional General Atomics Tour
Participants of the Advanced Reactors Summit VI & Showcase will have the opportunity to take part in one of the following optional tours:
Tour Option 1:
The DIII-D National Fusion Facility and the SiGA - Silicon Carbide Composites Labs.
Location: GA's Main Campus, Torrey Pines, CA.
Tour Option 2:
GA's Magnet Technology Center.
Location: Poway, CA.
