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W15 Empowering Advanced Nuclear Deployment with Non-power Reactors

This session will focus on the expanding role of non-power reactors in developing and demonstrating advanced reactor technologies. Currently, industry, universities, and the DOE are working to deploy numerous research and development facilities focused on gathering experimental data, testing novel components, refining designs, and demonstrating the ability of advanced reactor technologies to produce energy for electricity generation and heat energy applications. External panelists will share strategies for using research reactors and testing facilities to further the state-of-the-art in advanced reactor technologies and support the deployment of new advanced power reactors. NRC panelists will discuss ongoing pre-application engagement and licensing and the role research and development facilities can play in the regulatory process for advance power reactor licensing.

SESSION CHAIR(S):

Jeff Baran, Commissioner, NRC

SPEAKER(S):

Introductory Remarks
Jeff Baran, Commissioner, NRC
National Reactor Innovation Center Demonstration Test Beds
Ashely Finan, Director, National Reactor Innovation Center, Idaho National Laboratory
eVinci Microreactor
Anthony Schoedel, Manager, Advanced Reactors Licensing Engineering, Westinghouse
Leveraging the ACU Molten Salt Research Reactor to Accelerate Deployment of Natura Resources Molten Salt Reactors
Rusty Towell, Director of NEXT Lab, Abilene Christian University
Derisking Advanced Nuclear at University of Illinois
Caleb Brooks, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Empowering Advanced Nuclear Deployment with Non-Power Reactors - NRC Staff Perspectives
William Kennedy, Senior Project Manager, Advanced Reactor Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC

SESSION COORDINATOR(S):

William Kennedy, Senior Project Manager, Advanced Reactor Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC e-mail: William.Kennedy@nrc.gov
Justin Hudson, Project Manager, Non-Power Production and Utilization Facility Licensing Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities, NRR/NRC e-mail: Justin.Hudson@nrc.gov

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