The National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC), established by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in August 2019 as a national program led by Idaho National Laboratory (INL), enables collaborators to harness the world class capabilities of the U.S. National Laboratory System to bridge the gap between research, development, and the energy marketplace to help convert some of the Nation’s most promising advanced nuclear concepts into commercial applications by 2030. This session will outline NRIC’s capabilities to support advanced reactor developers to demonstrate their designs and highlight the benefits of digital engineering with our demonstration platforms. There will be two panels during this session that will address 1) Advanced Construction Technologies and how they can be used in advanced nuclear reactor and 2) a Siting Tool for Advanced Nuclear Development, which helps identify and compare possible siting locations inside the continental U.S. for advanced nuclear facilities based on factors related to socioeconomics, proximity, and safety.

ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES:

Moderator: Brad Tomer (INL, NRIC)

Panelists: 

Juswald Vedovi (General Electric)

Hasan Charkas (EPRI)

Mark Gake (Black & Veatch)

SITING TOOL FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT:

Moderator: Sanjay Mukhi (INL, NRIC)

Panelists: 

Aditi Verma (University of Michigan)

Matt Bucknor (Argonne National Laboratory)

Femi Omitaomu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

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