SMR & Advanced Reactor 2023

Reuters Events

Reuters Events

Atlanta, United States

May 4, 2023

TerraPraxis was very pleased to have taken part in this event featuring Small Modular and Advanced Reactors. Thanks to our colleagues from Anthropocene Institute, we have been able to participate as sponsors and speakers, where both of our Co-CEOs and Founding Directors featured our Repowering Coal program of work.

TerraPraxis was very pleased to have taken part in this event featuring Small Modular and Advanced Reactors. Thanks to our colleagues from Anthropocene Institute, we have been able to participate as sponsors and speakers, where both of our Co-CEOs and Founding Directors featured our Repowering Coal program of work.

On Day 1, thanks to the support of our colleagues from Anthropocene Institute, TerraPraxis was a sponsor of this amazing event, where incredible things took place, such as our groundbreaking keynote address on Day 1, by our Co-CEOs, Kirsty Gogan and Eric Ingersoll.

Kirsty Gogan and Eric Ingersoll

Fast, Low Cost, Repeatable: Designing The Global Coal Repowering System

• Deep dive into the fast, low cost, and repeatable coal plant conversion system to re-purpose trillions of dollars of existing infrastructure to continue supplying reliable energy - without emissions
• Understand purpose-driven digital tools and data exchange infrastructure to standardize and optimize procurement, investment, and regulatory approval to accelerate affordable repowering of the global coal fleet with SMRs
• Gain exclusive insights to drive towards high-certainty schedules and budgets to drive confident investments, whilst decarbonizing hundreds of coal plants per year to eliminate almost one-third of global net annual CO2 emissions or around 15 billion tonnes of CO2 from the planet per year

Read keynote briefing by Angelica Oung »

On Day 2, TerraPraxis was joined by expert speakers for a session on:

Recommissioning Sites & Re-Engaging People

· Identify how to re-engage existing industrial communities who already recognize the central role that energy production can play in their communities to encourage support for suitable siting of SMRs and expedite deployment
· Where existing coal infrastructure can be salvaged, decommissioned industrial communities can avoid economic ruin – learn how industry can work with communities to utilize alternative and old production sites and provide jobs, security, and purpose
· A curated panel in partnership with the Anthropocene Institute, a forum to connect entrepreneurs, investors, and thought leaders to solve our climate emergency

Speakers: Adam Stein, Director, Nuclear Energy Innovation Program, The Breakthrough Institute; Kirsty Gogan, Co-CEO, TerraPraxis; Christine King, Director, Gateway for Acceleration in Nuclear Initiative

Moderator: Leslie Dewan, CEO, RadiantNano

This session was possible thanks to the sponsorship of Anthropocene Institute

TerraPraxis was also thrilled to attend our partners' session featuring Cormac Ryan, Industry Principal, AVEVA:

Scaling Technological Innovation & Accelerating the Repowering of Coal Plants

• Gain insight into how digital strategies at scale across the full asset life cycle can be supported, from project, site operations and fleet operations.
• Understand how to address critical requirements and configuration management needs from new modular designs, manufacturing and construction approaches.
• Hear how efforts can be accelerated in the repowering of coal plants using nuclear heat sources.


Aveva is part of our Repowering Coal program - learn more about our partners »

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