Opening Plenary:
Innovating Nuclear Power
Monday, June 12, 8:00-11:30 am
New opportunities for nuclear energy are expanding globally. Realizing those opportunities will demand innovation throughout the nuclear lifecycle to address the needs of new customers and to ensure that nuclear power is an effective and competitive partner in our future energy mix. The session will depart from the traditional plenary format and include a single keynote talk followed by a rapid fire of brief vignettes of innovations that are occurring in many corners of the nuclear industry.
Rapid Fire:
Keynote:
Michael Shellenberger
President
Environmental Progress
A new way of thinking
about nuclear’s role
Jeremy Busby
Division Director
ORNL
Innovations in nuclear materials
Seth Grae
President and CEO
Lightbridge Corporation
Innovations in nuclear fuels
Sacit Cetiner
R&D Staff
ORNL
Innovations in I&C
Ross Snuggerud
Plant Operations Supervisor
NuScale Power
Innovations in nuclear plant control
Technical Executive, Nuclear Materials
EPRI
Innovations in manufacturing
Executive Project Director
Fluor
Innovation in new plant construction
Technical Leader
EPRI
Innovation in nuclear operations
WW Sales Leader, Watson loT Systems Engineering
IBM
Innovations in cognitive computing: Watson meets nuclear power
Head of Nuclear Technology and Innovation
Fortum
Innovations in global licensing