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