Small Modular Power Reactors: Are We There Yet?

Featured Speaker: Christina Back, Ph.D.

Small(er) modular reactors are being developed
and put on line in many countries. Venture capital
is financing some programs, and the Chinese are
building a high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear
plant. This lecture will review what General Atomics
is doing in this area as well as the status of other
projects here and abroad.

Presenter Biography

Christina Back is Vice President of
Nuclear Technologies and Materials at General
Atomics. Her responsibilities include terrestrial
nuclear-fission programs, space nuclear power
and propulsion, isotope production, accidenttolerant
nuclear-fuel technology, and clean-energy
technologies and systems. She has a Ph.D. in
physics from the University of Florida.

Coordinator: Dick Dahlberg