Agenda

Final Agenda as of 7/14/2022

Day 1 – Wednesday, July 20th, 2022

Please note, all times listed are in Eastern Date Time (EDT)

Time Event Lead Location
9:00 โ€“ 9:15 am Welcome Introductory Remarks
  • Dr. Nidia Gallego - ORNL
  • Dr. Patricia Paviet โ€“ PNNL and National Technical Director (NTD) โ€“ MSR Program
  • Dr. Brian Robinson โ€“ DOE-NE
ZOOM
9:15 โ€“ 9:40 am Regulatory Perspective Alex Chereskin - NRC ZOOM
9:40 โ€“ 10:05 am ASME Code and NMD Committee
  • Will Windes โ€“ INL
  • Josina Geringer - ORNL
ZOOM
10:05 โ€“ 10:20 am Break
Vendorโ€™s Perspective โ€“ Moderators: Lorenzo Vergari and Raluca Scarlat
Reactor design, where is graphite used, operating conditions, temperature, pressure, flow velocities, salt chemistry โ€“ set boundary conditions without revealing proprietary data, what research activities are being conducted, any modeling, performance, degradation.
10:20 โ€“ 12:00 pm
(20 minutes each)
  • Kurt Harris โ€“ FliBe Energy, Inc.
  • Gabriel Meric & Chen Chong โ€“ Kairos Power
  • David Leblanc โ€“ Terrestrial Energy
  • Guy Anderson โ€“ Moltex Energy
  • Dane Wilson โ€“ ThorCon US
ZOOM
12:00โ€“1:00 pm Group Discussion & Q/A All ZOOM
1:00 pm Adjourn

Day 2 – Thursday, July 21, 2022

Please note, all times listed are in Eastern Date Time (EDT)

Time Event Lead Location
9:00 โ€“ 9:05 am Welcome Nidia Gallego ZOOM
9:05 โ€“ 9:30 am The SINAP Experience Derek Tsang - SINAP ZOOM
9:30 โ€“ 11:30 am
(15-20 minutes each)

Research Activities โ€“ Moderator: Mark Joyce

  • Nidia Gallego โ€“ ORNL
  • Raluca Scarlat โ€“ UC at Berkely
  • Abbie Jones โ€“ Manchester University
  • Tjark van Staveren (NRG) โ€“ Irradiation of graphite and fuel salts
  • David Carpenter โ€“ MIT
  • Preet Singh โ€“ Georgia Tech
ZOOM
11:30 โ€“ 12:10 pm
(20 minutes each)

Modeling Efforts โ€“ Moderator: Tjark van Staveren

  • Structural assessment Modeling - Mark Joyce โ€“ Frazer-Nash Consultancy
  • Degradation model - Joe Bass - INL
ZOOM
12:10 โ€“ 12:30 pm Revisiting ASME Code and Graphite โ€“ Cem Topbasi โ€“ EPRI ZOOM
12:30โ€“1:00 pm Group Discussion /conclusions / action items All ZOOM
1:00 pm Adjourn

Workshop organizer:  Nidia C Gallego, ORNL

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