G4SR-5 Program

G4SR-5 Program is sponsored by:

Off-Site Technical Tour

Depart Westin Hotel at 7:30AM
Arrive Westin Hotel – between 5pm-6pm

Optional Workshops

Pan-Canadian Nuclear R&D
Digital Innovation in Nuclear
Hydrogen Production Using Nuclear Energy

Coffee Break

Optional Workshops

Indigenous Engagement
Pan-Canadian Nuclear R&D
Digital Innovation in Nuclear
Hydrogen Production Using Nuclear Energy

Lunch

Optional Workshops

Framework for microreactor deployment
IES Demonstration
Digital Innovation
Hydrogen Production Using Nuclear Energy

Coffee Break

Optional Workshops

Framework for microreactor deployment
IES Demonstration
Digital Innovation
Hydrogen Production Using Nuclear Energy

Welcome Reception Sponsored by Hatch

Opening Reception sponsored by:

Entertainment by Nicholas Deek, Pianist, sponsored by:

7:30AM

Speakers Breakfasts

Delegates Breakfasts

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8:30 AM

Conference Kick-Off

Jack Craig

Speaker

9:00 AM

Opening Keynotes

9:45 AM

Keynote - Critical Mass: The Need for More Women in the Nuclear Sector

10:00AM

Coffee Break

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10:30 AM

Plenary I: The Role of SMRs and Advanced Reactors in Accelerating Canada's Decarbonization

This panel will update energy need projections for Canada including the potential role for nuclear energy, SMRs and advanced reactors in electricity as well as other sectors. The panel will discuss what needs to be done for nuclear to meet this opportunity.

Jill Baker

Speaker

11:30

Lunch

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1:00 PM

Canadian Research & Innovation Keynote

1:15 PM

Plenary II: Canada’s Three Stream Strategy: Vision to Reality

This session will discuss how Canada’s new nuclear projects are turning nuclear aspirations into tangible outcomes, underscoring Canada’s position and role as a global nuclear energy leader. The panel will provide an update on the country’s new nuclear projects highlighting their progress and key milestones.
 

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2:15PM

Coffee Break

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2:45 PM

Plenary III: Transitioning to Advanced Nuclear Deployment in the US

The US is moving to deploy advanced nuclear reactors. This session will discuss what could be possible in the US. It will also discuss the action that can help get to large scale deployment and some of the ongoing actions to get things underway.

Craig Stover

Speaker

3:45 PM

Plenary IV: UK and EU Small and Advanced Reactor Landscape: Ambition into Action

This session will bring to life the latest small and advanced reactor developments from the UK and Europe, covering the extensive progress and showcasing the momentum now in the movement towards demonstration and deployment projects.

6:00PM

Innovation Night

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7:30 AM

Speakers Breakfasts

Delegates Breakfasts

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8:30 AM

Natural Resources Canada Keynote

8:45 AM

International Collaboration Keynote
IAEA

9:00 AM

Regulatory Keynote

9:15 AM

Plenary V: International Regulatory Collaboration for Advanced Reactors and Small Modular Reactors

Leaders of the Canadian, United States, and United Kingdom nuclear regulators will discuss their trilateral cooperation on advanced reactors and small modular reactors. Specific topics of discussion will include what the cooperation will mean on progressing assessment and licensing timelines while still having safety as a priority and respecting each country’s sovereignty.

10:15AM

Coffee Break

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10:45AM

Plenary VI: Indigenous Engagement in Advanced Reactor Deployment

This session will delve into the crucial role of Indigenous rightsholders as partners in the advanced reactor supply chain, emphasizing the importance of their involvement for economic benefits and beyond. We’ll explore the regulatory requirements for engagement, such as Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), and discuss why these are merely the starting point for a deeper collaboration.

12:00PM

Lunch

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1:30 PM

Technical Sessions

SMR Deployment – Concept Insights

Chairs - Nathan Tedford & Natalie Alderson

1:30pm-2:00pm - Specifics of SMRs Development and Deployment
2:00pm-2:30pm  -Rammed Aggregate Pier (RAP) Ground Improvement at Darlington New Nuclear Project (DNNP)
2:30pm-3:00pm - Insights from the design development process of the Circulating Cooling Water System for a Small Modular Reactor & Operational Readiness Strategies for New Nuclear Projects

Core Simulations

Chairs - Manit Shah  

1:30pm-2:00pm - Pin-by-pin and Subchannel Simulation of a Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor minicore with FENNECS and FENNECS/ATHLET
2:00pm-2:30pm  - MSR_B4 - A New, Scale Based, Fuel Burnup and Fission Product Removal Tool for the IMSR
2:30pm-3:00pm - Full core SSR-W simulations using DONJON5

R&D for High Temperature Reactors

Chairs - Justin Spencer

1:30pm-2:00pm - Revalidation of Mature High Temperature Fission Chamber Detectors
2:00pm-2:30pm  - Fabrication of Graphitic Matrix Fuel Compacts Applicable to High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors
2:30pm-3:00pm - Density and Open/Closed Porosity Evolution of Low Temperature Oxidized Nuclear Graphite

Safety, Security and Safeguards – Regulatory Activities 

Chairs - Saad Khan & Robert Ion

1:30pm-2:00pm - Streamlining the Future: Achieving Regulatory Efficiencies in Nuclear Site Expansions
2:00pm-2:30pm  - A Plant Parameter Envelope Approach to the Impact Assessment for Nuclear Reactors:  Opportunities and Risks
2:30pm-3:00pm - Ensuring and Demonstrating Nuclear Safety whilst addressing the Licensing Challenges for Small Modular Reactors within the Canadian Regulatory Framework 

3:00PM

Coffee Break

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3:30PM

Technical Sessions

SMR Deployment – Reflections

Chairs - Natalie Alderson & Susie Ho

3:30pm-4:00pm - Strategies to Enhance Reliability of SMR Deployments and the Trade-offs Involved
4:00pm-4:30pm  - New Nuclear Digital Strategy: A Beginner’s Playbook
4:30pm-5:00pm - Supporting Industrial Applications of SMRs: Considerations for Deployment

Accident Scenarios 

Chairs - Justin Spencer & Andrew Morreale

3:30pm-4:00pm - Development of containmentFOAM towards LW-SMR analyses
4:00pm-4:30pm  - Development of TH-Pre-PIRT for Micro Gas-Cooled Reactors
4:30pm-5:00pm - Comprehensive Simulation of the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) Using a Lumped 3D Modeling Approach & Decay Heat Removal for BANR - Literature Review

Public Policy and Engagement I

Chairs - Tarek Tabikh & Matthew Dalzell

3:30pm-4:00pm - CNSC’s Approach to Small Modular and Advanced Reactor Regulatory Readiness
4:00pm-4:30pm  - The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commissions (CNSCs) Strategic Review of the Regulatory Framework in support of Advanced Reactor Readiness
4:30pm-5:00PM - Advanced Nuclear Technologies in the UK - An Enabling Regulatory Framework

Skill Development and Supply Chain – Education

Chairs - Arthur Situm & Matthew Naraine

3:30pm-4:00pm - Reflections on Education and Training of Students in Conventional and Advanced Nuclear Technologies to Support Team Canada
4:00pm-4:30pm  - Atomic Habits for Knowledge Management: Kinectrics’ Innovative Approach to Nurturing Next-Generation Nuclear Talent
4:30pm-5:00pm - Considerations of emerging challenges in AI-based education and training, in the nuclear industry

6:00PM

Banquet Night

Entertainment by the Nick Straccini Band & Cocktails are sponsored by:

7:30 AM

Speakers Breakfasts

Delegates Breakfasts

8:30AM

Technical Sessions

Safety, Security and Safeguards – Assessments I

Chairs - Saad Khan & Robert Ion

8:30am-9:00am - Irradiated Silicon Carbide Corrosion in High Temperature Impure Helium
9:00am-9:30am - Development of Principal Design Criteria for the Integral Molten Salt Reactor
9:30am-10:00am - Emergency Management Frameworks for Remote SMRs

Nuclear Hybrid Energy Systems and Co-generation

Chairs - Sanongboon Pronnapa & Ayman Mahoud

8:30am-9:00am - Global Sensitivity Analysis for the Hybrid Energy System Optimization Model
9:00am-9:30am - Steam Temperature Boosting for Nuclear Sourced Industrial Heat Provision
9:30am-10:00am - Comparative Techno-Economic-Environmental Assessment of Direct Air Capture Technologies and Energy Systems

R&D for Molten Salt Reactors

Chairs - Robert Bowden & Krishna Podila

8:30am-9:00am - Overview of Research on Advanced and Small Modular Reactors at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
9:00am-9:30am -Waste burning performance of the Moltex SSR-W
9:30am-10:00am - Simulation Assisted Engineering for a Molten Salt Reactor

Standard and Waste Management

Chairs - Matthew Naraine

8:30am-9:00am - Technology Neutral Requirements for CSA N285.0/N285.6 Series Supplement
9:00am-9:30am -SMR initiatives within the CSA Nuclear Standards Program
9:30am-10:00am - Preliminary Data Requirements for the Safety Assessment Basic of Small Modular Reactors Used Fuel Waste for Disposal in a Canadian Deep Geological Repository

10:00AM

Coffee Break

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10:30AM

Technical Sessions

Safety, Security and Safeguards – Assessments II

Chairs - Krishna Podila & Manit Shah

10:30am-11:00am - Simulation of DLOFC Accident in a Generic Pebble Bed High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor using MELCOR
11:00am-11:30am  -Technical Basis of Computer Code Validation for IMSR400 Design and Safety Analysis
11:30am-12:00pm - Identify the Cyber Vulnerabilities of Remotely Deployed Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) by Designing an AI-assisted Attack

New Approaches

Chairs - Sanongboon Pronnapa & Ayman Mahmoud

10:30am-11:00am - Nuclear Renewable Hybrid Energy System Architecture Modelling: A Sustainable Perspective Multi-Objective Optimization
11:00am-11:30am  -Development of a Deterministic Model for Studying Digital Twin Applications
11:30am-12:00pm - Transient Heat Transfer Behaviours of the Storage Medium within a Thermal Energy Storage Unit Integrated with a High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Small Modular Reactor

Public Policy and Engagement II

Chairs - Tarek Tabikh & Matthew Dalzell

10:30am-11:00am - Early education and engagement in Birch Hills County, Alberta
11:00am-11:30am  -Shifting the Public Understanding of Nuclear Technology from Gen II to Gen IV
11:30am-12:00pm - Comparing Citizen Jury Findings Over Time (2017-2021): Climate Change, Renewables, SMRs and Fossil Fuel Preferences

Skill Development and Supply Chain – Technology

Chairs - Akira Tokuhiro & Susie Ho

10:30am-11:00am - Remote and Automated Bolting of the Nuscale Power Module
11:00am-11:30am  -Considerations for Assessing Work Flow and Barriers during Construction, Maintenance, or Refurbishment for New Plants
11:30am-12:00pm - Using Technology as an Enabler for Better and Faster Training

12:00PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Plenary VII: New Frontiers for Advanced Reactors

This panel will investigate emerging opportunities for advanced reactor deployment beyond typical on grid electricity generation.

Daniel Jurijew

Speaker

2:30PM

Coffee Break

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3:00PM

Plenary VIII: Workforce Development to address a promising future

Climate change and energy security is driving a need for a significant and rapid build out of new nuclear power in Canada and around the world. This expansion requires a significant increase in the work force across many disciplines and new expertise specific to advanced reactor technologies. The importance of diversity and inclusion as well as attracting young people and directing them to trades and science, engineering and technology fields so they can get the necessary education, training and qualifications is also key. The purpose of this panel session is to hear what is being planned in Canada, the UK and the US to address these challenges.

Lisa McBride

Moderator

Clare Barlow

Pre Recorded Speaker

Ross Galbraith

Speaker

4:30PM

Conference Closure

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