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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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WIPP’s SSCVS: A breath of fresh air
This spring, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced that it had achieved a major milestone by completing commissioning of the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) facility—a new, state-of-the-art, large-scale ventilation system at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the DOE’s geologic repository for defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste in New Mexico.
Executive Session
Monday, November 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Eucalyptus
The conventional nuclear development cycle is long, slow, and capital intensive. Kairos Power is disrupting this cycle by embracing a rapid iterative approach with both nuclear and non-nuclear systems before the first commercial reactor to bring down the cost of innovation. The company has commissioned its Engineering Test Unit (ETU) – a major, non-nuclear hardware iteration on its path to commercializing the fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactor (KP-FHR). With ETU, Kairos Power can demonstrate the design and integration of principal KP-FHR technologies, initiate and exercise the supply chain, and gain operational experience from a large-scale Flibe facility. Lessons learned from ETU will feed directly into plans for the Hermes demonstration reactor and future iterations, allowing Kairos Power to accelerate innovation and optimization while mitigating technical, licensing, manufacturing, and construction risk.
Moderator: Jess C. Gehin (Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear Science & Technology at Idaho National Laboratory)
Speaker: Dr. Edward Blandford (Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Kairos Power)
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