Seminar: The Status of the Development and Deployment of the Small Modular Reactor in the U.S. and Around the World

Abstract

This talk covers the U.S. energy supply, considering the most likely path forward for energy sources and the potential for small modular reactors and advanced reactors. Included in the presentation are the economics for small modular reactors and technical challenges for the small modular reactors category of reactors moving forward. Also covered is the international market, where small modular reactors are moving forward both in the build and design phases.

About the speaker

Ted Quinn has over 40 years of experience in managing nuclear and fossil utility contracts and personnel in support of both project and supplemental assignments at various utilities in the U.S. He is past president of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) (1998-1999) and currently serves as the chairman of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) SC45A Working Group A9 on Nuclear Instrumentation Systems. In 2009, he was awarded the highest award in IEC, the 1906 Award, for the development of standards, and in 2011, he received the ANS Walter Zinn Award, named after the first President of ANS and in 2017 was awarded the ANS Don Miller Instrumentation and Control Engineering Award, named after Don Miller from The Ohio State University. He currently serves on the board of three companies and two university advisory boards, and is the retired chair of The Ohio State Nuclear Engineering Advisory Board. He currently works on new reactor deployment teams in the U.S. with TerraPower and in Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

Quinn hold a bachelor degree in electrical engineering from Tufts University, Medford, Mass. and a master degree in management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. He was a Naval Nuclear Qualified Shift Test Engineer (NAVSEA 08) in 1977.

Hosted by Professor Vaibhav Sinha.