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Panelists discuss U.S. path to criticality in ANS webinar
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a panel discussion featuring prominent figures from the nuclear sector who discussed the industry’s ongoing push for criticality.
Yasir Arafat, chief technical officer of Aalo Atomics; Jordan Bramble, CEO of Antares Nuclear; and Rita Baranwal, chief nuclear officer of Radiant Industries, participated in the discussion and covered their recent progress in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program. Nader Satvat, director of nuclear systems design at Kairos Power, gave an update on the company’s ongoing demonstration projects taking place outside of the landscape of DOE authorization.
Gerald Lilienthal (General Atomics), Christina Back (General Atomics), Robert Schleicher (General Atomics), Ryan Hon (General Atomics), Jonas Opperman (General Atomics), Nicole Pacheco (General Atomics), Hesham Khalifa (General Atomics), Christopher Nodine (General Atomics), Nick Eidietis (General Atomics), Andrew Giles (General Atomics), Simrun Saini (General Atomics), Jaclynn Unangst (General Atomics), Matthew Virgen (General Atomics), Bob Noren (General Atomics), Brian Parme (General Atomics), Ray Pili (General Atomics), James Pate (General Atomics), Brian Cluggish (General Atomics), John Bolin (General Atomics), Christian Deck (General Atomics), Millie Andrews (General Atomics), Lloyd Brown (General Atomics), Qinghong Chen (General Atomics), Michael Cevallos (General Atomics), Michael Condon (General Atomics), Patrick Howard (General Atomics), Jackie Renteria (General Atomics), Kenneth Redler (General Atomics), Zachary Spidell (General Atomics), Trey Villarreal (General Atomics), Mohammad Alavi (General Atomics), Daniel-Steve Fournier (General Atomics), Daniel Keane (General Atomics)
Proceedings | Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2025) | Huntsville, AL, May 4-8, 2025 | Pages 534-541