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The drive to Kairos Power’s reactor demonstration site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., is not only scenic—it’s historic. Nearly 85 years ago, roughly 30,000 construction workers transformed orchards and farmland into a key Manhattan Project site. Depending on your route, you may pass by one of the three gatehouses that were once military checkpoints controlling access to Atomic Energy Commission production facilities.
April 6–9, 2014
Charlotte, NC|The Westin Charlotte
The Westin Charlotte, located at 601 S. College Street, Charlotte, NC 28202, will be the location for the 2014 International Congress on the Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP), where all meeting activities and technical sessions will take place. The special room rate for the meeting is: $179.00/per night (single / double rate). Reservations can be made online at The Westin Charlotte To register by phone for a guest room call 866-837-4148. Attendees must identify themselves as part of the American Nuclear Society to receive the group rate.
Honorary Chairs:
Peter B. Lyons (Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, DOE)
Noël Camarcat (Special Advisor, Nuclear R&D and International Issues EDF Generation Division (EDF))
Takuya Hattori (President, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum)
Jong Kyung Kim (President, Korea Nuclear Society)
General Chairs:
Dhiaa M. Jamil (Senior Vice President, Duke Energy and President, Duke Nuclear Energy)
Françoise De Bois (VP Safety & Licensing, Products & Technology - Reactors & Services, (AREVA))
Kenji Umeda (General Manager, Nuclear Systems Engineering Department (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries))
Seok Cho (President & CEO, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.(KHNP))
Technical Program Chairs:
Travis W. Knight (Professor, University of South Carolina)
Frank Carré (Scientific Director of the Nuclear Energy Division, CEA)
Shinsuke Yamanaka (Associate Dean, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University)
Sun Koo Kang (Advisor, KEPCO E&C)
