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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Leading the charge: INL’s role in advancing HALEU production
Idaho National Laboratory is playing a key role in helping the U.S. Department of Energy meet near-term needs by recovering HALEU from federal inventories, providing critical support to help lay the foundation for a future commercial HALEU supply chain. INL also supports coordination of broader DOE efforts, from material recovery at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to commercial enrichment initiatives.
International Conference on Physics of Reactors 2024 Plenary SPeaker
Core Design Specialist
Rolls-Royce SMR
Dr. Oliver Hannant is the Core Design Specialist at Rolls-Royce SMR.
In his current role, Oliver is responsible for delivering the design of the reactor core and fuel technology for the SMR, developing the associated analytical methods, and leading the licensing programme for Fuel and Core. Oliver has held numerous technical and leadership roles in Core Design, Fault Studies and Severe Accidents, and has over 15 years of experience in the nuclear industry.
Oliver holds a Master’s degree in Physics and a PhD in Physical Chemistry.
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