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
PRICE CENTER
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093
AGENDA
Summit Co-Sponsor
General Atomics
Summit Trailblazers Sponsors
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
ClearPath
Framatome Inc.
Muons, Inc.
NuScale Power
Terrestrial Energy
Trailblazers Exhibitors
General Atomics
Argonne National Laboratory
Framatome Inc.
Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
Idaho National Laboratory - Nuclear Science & Technology
Muons, Inc.
NuScale Power
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Contributing Sponsors
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
TerraPower
The Price Center at UC San Diego
11:00am – 1:00pm U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CLEAN ENERGY TALKS
4:00pm – 5:30pm CAREER FAIR
6:00pm – 7:30pm WELCOME RECEPTION CO-SPONSORED BY TERRAPOWER
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
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
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
Mr. Spencer Nelson - Moderator
Program Director
ClearPath
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. Elmer Dyke
Senior Vice President, Business Operations & Chief Commercial
Officer
Centrus Energy
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
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
Dr. Kathryn McCarthy
Vice-President, Research and Development
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Ms. Kirsty Gogan
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Energy for Humanity
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
HONOREES
TRAILBLAZER AWARD
Energy for Humanity
Accepting
Ms. Kirsty Gogan
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Energy for Humanity
Testimonial
Dr. Tom Blees
President
Science Council for Global Initiatives
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Titans of Nuclear
Accepting
Mr. Bret Kugelmass
Managing Director
Energy Impact Center
MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
Accepting
Dr. Rita Baranwal
Director, Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
Idaho National Laboratory
The Price Center at UC San Diego
8:00 am XII. SPECIAL UPDATE: DOD SMALL REACTOR INITIATIVE
Mr. David Blee
President & CEO
U.S. Nuclear Industry Council
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, Corporate Development
Terrestrial Energy
9:00 am XV. PANEL: MODELING & SIMULATION AND THEIR INCREASING
IMPORTANCE TO LICENSING OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR
TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS
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
Mr. Raymond Furstenau
Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Dr. David Kropaczek
Director, CASL
Oak Ridge National Lab
Dr. Christopher R. Stanek
NEAMS National Technical Director
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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
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 XIX. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE VI
Starting a Generic Early Site Permit for Advanced Reactors
Mr. Paul Murray
Senior Vice President
Orano Federal Services
1:15 pm XX. TRAILBLAZERS UPDATE VII & WORKING LUNCH
SMR Initiative for Puerto Rico
Mr. Eddie Guerra
Senior Structural Engineer
Arup
Hybrid-Nuclear Energy Update
Mr. Michael Keller
President & CEO
Hybrid Power Technologies
2:00 pm XXI. SUMMARY & CHARGE
2:15 pm ADJOURN DAY TWO PLENARY