MIT’s Approach to Collaboration

Ekaterina ParamonovaMIT Graduate Student

4 Strategies:

1. Consulting

2. Research Partnerships

3. Nuclear Classes

4. Conferences

1. ConsultingWhat?• Professors consult industry,

Department of Energy, etc.

Why?• Learn about industry needs• Show our capabilities• Establish connections

1. Consulting

2. Research PartnershipsCASL: The Consortium for

Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors

What?• Department of Energy

Innovation Hub for Modeling & Simulation of Nuclear Reactors

Why?• Bring all of the stakeholders

together• Work on projects needed by

the industry

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The CASL Team: A unique lab-university-industry consortium

Core partnersOak Ridge National LaboratoryElectric Power Research InstituteIdaho National LaboratoryLos Alamos National LaboratoryMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNorth Carolina State UniversitySandia National LaboratoriesTennessee Valley AuthorityUniversity of MichiganWestinghouse Electric Company

“Forge a close, cohesive, and interdependent team

that is fully committed to a well-defined plan of

action”~230 people

Individual contributors Anatech

ASCOMP CD-adapco

City College of New York Core Physics, Inc.

Imperial College London, UK Florida State University

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Pennsylvania State University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Strategic Business Processes, Inc.

Texas A&M University University of Florida

University of Notre Dame University of Tennessee, Knoxville

University of Wisconsin

2. Research Partnerships

3. Nuclear Classes offered at MITWhat?• Bring in professionals from

the US and abroad• MIT professors and industry

experts teach nuclear concepts

Why?• Establish connections• Train executives who have

little background in nuclear about nuclear

3. Nuclear Classes offered at MIT• Reactor Technology Course for Utility Executives• International Nuclear Leadership Education Program• Nuclear Plant Safety• Nuclear Operational Risk Management

4. Conferences and SymposiaWhat?• American Nuclear Society bi-

annual conferences• MIT-organized symposia• Present research and discuss

projectsWhy?• Establish connections

between industry, university faculty, regulator, students, etc.

4. Conferences and Symposia• MIT Symposium on Advanced LWR Fuels• Nuclear Power in 2050• Innovation In Nuclear Energy Technology• Second Tokyo Tech-MIT Symposium• Fifty Years of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT• Supercritical CO2 Power Cycle for Next Generation Systems• R&D Priorities for Advanced Reactors• Supercritical Water Reactors Review• MIT-Tokyo Tech Symposium on Innovative Nuclear Energy System• Next Generation Nuclear Plant• The Role of Simulation in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle• Nuclear Energy and the Hydrogen Economy• International Symposium on the Role of Nuclear Energy in a

Sustainable Environment

4 Strategies:

1. Consulting

2. Research Partnerships

3. Nuclear Classes

4. Conferences

Create a community and engage all of the stakeholders.