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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Kairos Power and BWXT team up on TRISO
Kairos Power and BWX Technologies announced today that they will work together to “collaboratively explore” optimizing commercial production of TRISO fuel for Kairos’s planned advanced reactor fleet—beginning with the 50-MWe Hermes 2, slated for operation in 2030—and other potential customers. Their collaboration could include jointly developing a TRISO fuel fabrication facility.
Embedded Topical Meeting
November 10–14, 2013
Honorary Chair:
George Apostolakis (Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
General Chair:
Ronald A. Knief (Sandia National Laboratories)
Program Co-Chairs:
Zahra Mohaghegh (Assistant Professor, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
Ali Mosleh (Professor, Center for Risk and Reliability, University of Maryland)
Deputy Program Co-Chairs:
Kevin Coyne (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Rick Grantom (South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company)
Reza Kazemi (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
