SMR Development Panel: SMR deployment in practice; insights from early movers advancing modular reactor construction and commercialization

17 Jun 2026
Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage
Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction

SPOTLIGHTS:

  • 10 mins spotlight - Nano Nuclear (Florent Heidet, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer and Head of Reactor Development)
  • 10 mins spotlight - Aalo Atomics (Yasir Arafat, Cofounder, President & CTO)
  • 10 mins spotlight - Terrestrial Energy (Robin Rickman, VP Business Strategy)

PANEL:

  • Engineering and design hurdles unique to SMRs
  • Financing and supply chain strategies for first-of-a-kind (FOAK) projects
  • How modularization is reshaping project delivery and timelines
  • Lessons learned for EPCs and suppliers preparing for scale
Speakers
Florent Heidet
Florent Heidet, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Reactor Development - Nano Nuclear
Reed Clay
Reed Clay, President - Texas Nuclear Alliance
Robin Rickman
Robin Rickman, VP Business Strategy - Terrestrial Energy
Sam Reiss
Sam Reiss, Senior Manager - National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory
Yasir Arafat
Yasir Arafat, Cofounder, President & CTO - Aalo Atomics