Times listed are in UTC/GMT -4 hours
Day 1 - August 17
9:00 am – 9:30 am
OPENING REMARKS (Hopin Stage)
William D. Magwood, IV
Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
Mollie Johnson
Assistant Deputy Minister, Low Carbon Energy Sector, Natural Resources Canada
Explanation of course design
David Novog, McMaster University
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
LECTURES (Stage)
Lead: Adrien Couet, University of Wisconsin
L1-1: Welcome and Assignment of deployment scenarios
John Luxat and Dave Novog, McMaster University
L1-2: International State of Advanced Nuclear Energy Deployment
Jessica Lovering, CMU
L1-3: Micro Reactors vs. SMRs as deployment competition for customers and resources
Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Texas A&M University
1:00 pm – 1:05 pm
WELCOMING REMARKS (Stage)
Rita Baranwal
Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy
1:05 pm – 2:00 pm
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (Stage)
Roundtable of Experts
Paul Wilson, UW-Madison; Sama Bilbao de Leon, OECD-NEA; Steve Bushby, AECL.
Moderator: Adrien Couet, University of Wisconsin
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
ONLINE CAFE (Hopin Sessions)
Deployment Scenario Teams will each meet on their own
Day 2 - August 18
9:00 am – 11:30 am
LECTURES: SMR Social Economic Context (Stage)
Lead: Jeremy Rayner, University of Saskatchewan
L2-1: Introduction to Ethics of Nuclear Science and Technology
Gaston Meskens
L2-2: Social Engagement, Story Boarding
Jeremy Rayner
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Continue Social Sciences Inbox exercise (Sessions)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Reflection on the Inbox exercise. Produce story board to support video for final presentation on case study.
Day 3 - August 19
9:00 am – 11:30 am
LECTURES: Regulatory framework and deployment issues (Stage)
Lead: Mauricio Tano, visiting Assistant Professor at TAMU<
L3-1: CAREM Lessons Learned
Dario Delmastro, Engineering Manager, CAREM (CNEA)
L3-2: SMR Siting in a Previously Non-nuclear Jurisdiction with Considerations in Remote Communities
Esam Hussein
L3-3: What is Different About Licensing Advanced Reactors?
Curtis Smith, INL
L3-4: Achieving a License: Public Attitudes, Energy Conflicts, and Social Learning
Margot Hulrbert, University of Regina
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (Stage)
Compare the practical and theoretical aspects of deployment
1:15 pm – 3:30 pm
ONLINE CAFE (Sessions)
Deployment Scenario Teams will each meet on their own to develop presentations.
Day 4 - August 20
LECTURES: Project Considerations (Stage)
Lead: Dave Novog, McMaster University
L4-1: Project Management Fundamentals. Lessons Learned from Darlington
Dave Novog, McMaster University
L4-2: Unique Aspects of Large Scale Versus Small Scale Nuclear Projects
Sola Talabi, Pittsburgh Technical
L4-3: Technical Communication Fundamentals
Martin Fischer, Sherpa Marketing
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
ONLINE CAFE (Sessions)
Deployment Scenario Teams will each meet on their own to finalize presentations.
Day 5 - August 21
FINAL PRESENTATIONS
Deployment Scenario Teams will present their work. Each team will have ten minutes to present.
9:00 am – 9:10 am
Opening Remarks (Dave Novog)
9:10 am – 10:15 am
Session 1 (Sessions)
Teams 1, 2, 3 and 4
10:20 am – 11:15 am
Session 2 (Sessions)
Teams 5, 6, 7 and 8
11:15 am – 11:30 am
CLOSING REMARKS
Dave Novog and Todd Allen