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November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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The current status of heat pipe R&D
Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
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Mechanical Engineer, University of Washington
Joined Framatome (then ExxonNuclear) in 1982 and have worked in several mechanical, manufacturing, cycle licensing, and neutronics fuel-related engineering roles as well as project management and other commercial roles.
Significant projects have included contributions to development of the BLEU off-spec U reload supply program for DOE/TVA, design of the ATRIUM 10XM and ATRIUM 11 fuel products, reload fuel supply contracting and account management for the NuScale SMR, and serving as communications lead for the Advanced Fuel Management team developing the capability to deliver high burnup LEU+ reloads to US reactor operators.
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