ADVANCED REACTORS TECHNICAL SUMMIT III
FEBRUARY 10-11 2016
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
Under the auspices of the
U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council
And in conjunction with
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
&
The Summit III Organizing Committee
Energy Innovation Reform Project
AMS Technology
PLENARY PROGRAM
7:30 am REGISTRATION
8:30 am I. WELCOME & OVERVIEW
Dr. Alan Icenhour
Associate Laboratory Director – Nuclear Science & Engineering
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Mr. David Blee
Executive Director
U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council
9:00 am II. STAGE SETTERS
U.S. Department of Energy Keynote:
Mr. John Kotek
Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
9:45 am Industry Keynote:
Hon. Jeffery Merrifield
Former Commissioner, USNRC
&
Chairman
USNIC Advanced Reactors Task Force
&
Senior Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
10:15 am BREAK
10:45 am III. CURRENT CONCEPTS
Mr. Christofer Mowry
Director
ARC Nuclear LLC
Mr. Kirk Sorenson
President & Chief Technologist
Flibe Energy
11:15 am IV. SMR PERSPECTIVE:
Mr. Mike McGough
Chief Commercial Officer
NuScale Power
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm WORKING LUNCH:
V. THE GLOBAL ADVANCED REACTORS COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Mr. Walter Howes
Managing Partner
Verdigris Capital Group
VI. CURRENT CONCEPTS
Ms. Cindy Pezze
Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
Westinghouse Electric Company
Dr. Kevan Weaver
Director of Technology Integration
TerraPower
1:30 pm VII. CRITICAL PATH ISSUES
PANEL: Overarching Technical Issues
• Fuels
• Materials
• Accident Tolerance
• Passive Cooling
• Proliferation Resistance
Lead Perspective:
Mr. Steven Freel
Senior Principal
Pixces Consulting Group
Panelists:
Dr. Robert Hill
Technical Director, Nuclear Engineering
Argonne National Laboratory
Dr. Jeremy Busby
Division Director, Materials Science & Technology
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Mr. John Hunn
Program Manager
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
3:00 pm BREAK
3:30 pm VIII. CURRENT CONCEPTS
Dr. Eric Loewen
Chief Consulting Engineer
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
4:00 pm IX. FORGING GOVERNMENT & INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS I
PANEL: DOE, National Laboratory and International Initiatives
• DOE Advanced Reactors Programs
• GAIN Initiative
• DOE Test Reactor/Demo Study
• Historical Perspective on DOE AR Programs
• NP2010 Model
Lead Perspectives:
Mr. Tom O’Connor
Director, Office of Advanced Reactor Technologies
U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Kemal Pasamehmetoglu
Associate Lab Director, Nuclear Science & Technology
Idaho National Laboratory
Panelists:
Dr. Harold McFarlane
Director, International Programs
Idaho National Laboratory
Mr. Vince Gilbert
Senior Fellow
U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council
RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN NUCLEAR ENERGY
Mr. Donald Hoffman
President & CEO
EXCEL Services Corporation
6:30 pm – 9:15 pm RECEPTION & DINNER
AMS Technology Center
Featured Speaker
Mr. Llewellyn King
Executive Producer
White House Chronicle
8:00 am X. U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION KEYNOTE:
Hon. William Ostendorff
Commissioner
USNRC
8:45 am XI. CURRENT CONCEPTS
Dr. Christina Back
Division Director, Nuclear Technologies and Materials
General Atomics
Mr. Simon Irish
Chief Executive, Director
Terrestrial Energy
9:15 am XII. FORGING GOVERNMENT & INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS II
PANEL: Test Reactor, Prototype and Demo Development
• Test Reactor Concepts
• Prototype/Demo Concepts
• Costs/Funding Avenues
• Licensing Considerations
Lead Perspective:
Mr. Tim Frazer
Senior Advisor
Energy Innovation Reform Project
Panelists:
Dr. Ashley Finan
Project Director
Nuclear Innovation Alliance
Dr. Andrew Sowder
Principal Technical Leader
Electric Power Research Institute
Mr. Paul Dickman
Senior Policy Fellow
Argonne National Laboratory
10:30 am BREAK
10:45 am XIII. CURRENT CONCEPTS
Mr. Jeff Harper
Executive Director, Strategy & Business Development
X-energy
Mr. Robert Prince
Chief Executive Officer
Gen4Energy
11:15 am XIV. LICENSING MODERNIZATION
PANEL: Moving the Licensing Paradigm Forward
• NRC Draft Regulatory Guidance
• NRC-DOE Initiatives
• Lessons Learned from SMR Generic Issues
• Licensing Modernization
Lead Perspectives:
Ms. Diane Jackson
Branch Chief, Division of Advanced Reactors & Rulemaking
USNRC, Office of New Reactors
Mr. Jim Kinsey
DOE Advanced Reactors Technology Program
Idaho National Laboratory
Panelists:
Mr. Stephen Cook
Technical Specialist
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Mr. Amir Afzali
Licensing Director, Next Generation Reactors
Southern Nuclear
Mr. Edward Davis
Senior Fellow
U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm XV. WORKING LUNCH:
CURRENT CONCEPTS
Mr. Steven Threlfall
General Manager, Uranium Supply
Urenco LTD U Battery
Mr. Tim Abram
Professor, Nuclear Fuel Technology
University of Manchester – UK
Dr. Ian Scott
Managing Partner
Moltex Energy LLP
CURRENT CONCEPTS
Dr. Finis Southworth
Senior Advisor
NGNP Alliance
Mr. Michael Keller
President & CEO
Hybrid Power & Technology
2:00 pm BREAK
2:30 pm XVI. DEMONSTRATION & DEPLOYMENT
PANEL: Overarching Issues
• Climate Change Drivers
• Energy Economics
• U.S. Fleet Retirements
• Key Movers Deployment
• Timetables
• NP2010, SMR LTS Successor
Lead Perspectives:
Hon. Jeffery Merrifield
Former Commissioner, USNRC
&
Chairman
USNIC Advanced Reactors Task Force
&
Senior Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Mr. David Blee
Executive Director
U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council
Mr. Gary Mays
Group Leader – Advanced Reactors Systems & Safety
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Mr. Gary Duarte
Director
U.S. Nuclear Energy Foundation
Mr. Samuel Thernstrom
Executive Director
Energy Innovation Reform Project
Mr. Christofer Mowry
Co-Chair
Nuclear Innovation Alliance
Dr. Gilbert Brown
Director, Nuclear Engineering Program
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Mr. Paul Dickman
Senior Policy Fellow
Argonne National Laboratory
3:45 pm GROUP: Agenda for Action
4:00 pm ADJOURN