--- title: Symposium on Nuclear Everywhere description: Discover insights from the Nuclear Everywhere? symposium on how emerging technologies and policies are driving the mainstream adoption of nuclear energy. 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How new technologies, regulations and policies may finally make the use of nuclear energy mainstream and ubiquitous Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 - 09:00 to Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - 12:30 Location: MIT Campus, Building 34, Room 101 (50 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139) Map: Symposium Map - QR Code (Enter 34 in search bar) PROGRAM TUESDAY, MARCH 28 8:30-9:00 – CHECK-IN (Building 34-101 Lobby) 9:00-9:20 – Greetings     Ben Forget, Associate Dept. Head, Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT     Bob Armstrong, Director, MIT Energy Initiative 9:20-9:50 – Symposium Intro & Objectives     Jacopo Buongiorno, Director, Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES), MIT KEYNOTE 9:50-10:10 – Will SMRs succeed? Requirements for new nuclear technologies in the market place      Maria Korsnick, President and Chief Executive Officer, NEI SESSION 1: New Markets and Applications Chair: John Parsons, Senior Lecturer, Sloan School of Management, MIT     10:10-10:30 – Nuclear hydrogen is already here (Ugi Otgonbaatar, Director of Technology Strategy, Constellation)     10:30-10:50 – Nuclear biofuels: a potential game changer (Charles Forsberg, Principal Research Scientist, MIT) 10:50-11:10 – COFFEE BREAK 11:10-12:30 – Nuclear energy comes to campus. A panel-style discussion on decarbonization of college campuses and technology microreactors. Chair: Lance Snead, Director of Strategic Development, Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, MIT     Panelists:     Jean Paul Allain, Head, Nuclear Engineering Dept., Penn State University     Seungjin Kim, Head, Nuclear Engineering Dept., Purdue University     Rusty Towell, Professor, Engineering and Physics Dept. and Director, NEXT Lab, Abilene Christian University     Caleb Brooks, Associate Professor of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering, UIUC     Yasir Arafat, MARVEL Chief Designer, Idaho National Laboratory     Janine Helwig, Director of Utilities, MIT LUNCH 12:30-1:30 –  "The Kärnfull Way – Lessons learned from the Nordics"     Speaker: John Ahlberg, Founder, Kärnfull Group SESSION 2: Enabling Technologies Chair: Koroush Shirvan, Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT     1:30-1:50 – Advanced Manufacturing, Passive Safety Systems, Compact heat exchangers, state-of-the-art BOP (Koroush Shirvan, MIT)     1:50-2:10 – Advanced Fuels and Moderators (Ellen Cerreta, Associate Laboratory Director, Physical Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory)     2:10-2:30 – Life cycle assessment of graphite including disposal (Lance Snead, Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, MIT) 2:30-2:50 – COFFEE BREAK     2:50-3:10 – 2D and 3D seismic isolation of buildings and equipment (Andrew Whittaker, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Buffalo)     3:10-3:30 – Technology synergies with fusion (Steve Zinkle, Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee at Knoxville) 4:15-5:30 – MIT REACTOR TOUR AND SIMULATOR BANQUET DINNER at Samberg Center 6:00-9:30 – "Re-Establishing U. S. Leadership in Nuclear Energy" Speaker: Rian Bahran, Assistant Director, Nuclear Technology & Strategy, White House Office of Science, Technology and Policy (OSTP) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 SESSION 3:  Regulations, Policy and Geopolitical Context 9:00-10:45 – Is the US Government doing enough to enable a substantial expansion of the domestic nuclear industry? A panel-style discussion on nuclear R&D, regulations and export. Chair: Lin-wen Hu, Senior Scientist, Nuclear Reactor Lab, MIT     Panelists:     Alison Hahn, Director for Nuclear Reactor Deployment, Office of Nuclear Energy, US Department of Energy     Jeff Chamberlin, Assistant Deputy Administrator, Office of Material Management and Minimization, NNSA     John Kotek, Senior Vice President, Policy Development and Public Affairs, NEI ​     Rita Baranwal, Chief Technology Officer, Westinghouse Electric Company     Edward Blandford, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Kairos Power 10:45-11:00 – COFFEE BREAK 11:00-12:30 – Fuel and waste: where do we stand?  A panel-style discussion on HALEU, new fuel forms and HLW management for existing and new nuclear reactors Chair: Haruko Wainwright, Assistant Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT     Panelists:     Monica Regalbuto, Director, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Strategy, Idaho National Laboratory     David Sassani, National Technical Director, Spent Fuel and Waste Science and Technlogy, Sandia National Laboratories     Jose Reyes, Chief Technology Officer, NuScale     Bret van den Akker, Director of Fuel Cycle Innovation, USNC     Jorge Narvaez, General Engineer, Office of Integrated Waste Management, US Department of Energy 12:30 – Adjourn [Download the program](https://canes.mit.edu/hubfs/2023%20canes%20program%20032323%20(final).pdf) [BACK TO THE CENTER->](https://canes.mit.edu/center) Recent posts [Nuclear Energy Dominance: Can the US do it Alone?](https://canes.mit.edu/media/energy-dominance-can-the-us-do-it-alone) [Assessment of the Lifecycle Cost of Nuclear Grade Coolants for Advanced Reactors](https://canes.mit.edu/media/assessment-of-the-lifecycle-cost-of-nuclear-grade-coolants) [Bilge Yildiz and Jacopo Buongiorno Take Nuclear-Fueled AI to TEDx](https://canes.mit.edu/media/bilge-yildiz-and-jacopo-buongiorno-take-nuclear-fueled-ai-to-tedx) [Levelized Cost of Fuel (LCOF) Studies for Microreactors Using TRISO Fuel in Hydride and Beryllium-based composite Moderators in Open and Closed Fuel Cycles](https://canes.mit.edu/media/a-preliminary-study-on-the-feasibility-of-nuclear-batteries-for-offshore-power-generation-0) [A Preliminary Study on the Feasibility of Nuclear Batteries for Offshore Power Generation](https://canes.mit.edu/media/a-preliminary-study-on-the-feasibility-of-nuclear-batteries-for-offshore-power-generation) [![CAnes logo\[96\]](https://canes.mit.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/CAnes%20logo%5B96%5D.png?width=3300&height=1000&name=CAnes%20logo%5B96%5D.png "CAnes logo[96]")](https://canes.mit.edu/) 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 24-215 Cambridge, MA 02139 [canes@mit.edu](mailto:canes@mit.edu) - [ACCESSIBILITY](https://accessibility.mit.edu/) - [MEDIA](https://canes.mit.edu/center-media) - [CENTER](https://canes.mit.edu/center) - [EVENTS](https://canes.mit.edu/events) - [MAP](http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=24) - [MIT CCSE](https://cse.mit.edu/) - [MIT ENERGY INITIATIVE](https://energy.mit.edu/) - [MIT MECHE](http://meche.mit.edu/) - [MIT NRL](http://nrl.mit.edu/) - [MIT NSE](http://web.mit.edu/nse/) - [MIT PSFC](https://www.psfc.mit.edu/) © 2024 Massachusetts Institute of Technology   |  Privacy Policy