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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC approves TerraPower construction permit
Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has approved TerraPower’s construction permit application for Kemmerer Unit 1, the company’s first deployment of Natrium, its flagship sodium fast reactor.
This approval is a significant milestone on three fronts. For TerraPower, it represents another step forward in demonstrating its technology. For the Department of Energy, it reflects progress (despite delays) for the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). For the NRC, it is the first approval granted to a commercial reactor in nearly a decade—and the first approval of a commercial non–light water reactor in more than 40 years.
Keynotes Session
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|8:00–8:50AM EDT|Columbia 5-8
Session Chair:
Elia Merzari (PSU)
Dr. Paolo Balestra obtained his Ph.D. in energy and environment with focus on nuclear engineering in the 2017 at the “La Sapienza” University of Rome. He is currently working at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) as lead of the methods of the Advanced Reactor Technology - Gas Cooled Reactor (ART-GCR) DoE Program and managing the High Temperature Gas cooled Reactor multiphysics area of the Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) program. His current research efforts focus on development, Verification and Validation (V&V) of advanced Modelling and Simulation (M&S) tools for design and safety assessment of advanced reactor technology.
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