UT Resource Center, 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, or view online via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85025514713?pwd=JCJ0lDs8bqnpTqFprawWlG0nLiRrOU.1

Doors open at 11:15 a.m. for socializing and eating lunch (light lunch will be available for a donation). Scroll down for details of the location, lunch, and Zoom.

Abstract

Orano, based in France with U.S. headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, is a global leader in the nuclear energy fuel cycle. The company is completing milestones on plans to build and operate by the early 2030s the Project IKE uranium enrichment facility on a 674-acre property in Oak Ridge. I will explain how gas centrifuge technology works for enriching uranium and talk about the production of and market differences between low-enriched uranium (LEU), LEU+, and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), which is needed for advanced reactors. I will also speak about Orano’s global capabilities, its current work in the United States, and the reasons why Orano’s Project IKE is critically important to increasing America’s energy security.

Biographical sketch

Damon Brewer, deputy engineering, procurement, and construction manager for Orano’s Project IKE, has a B.S. degree in chemistry, an M.B.A. degree in strategic management, and a Project Management Professional certificate from the Project Management Institute. He has more than 25 years of project management experience across multiple industries. He has spent more than 10 years in the nuclear industry in government and private sector work that includes work at several different locations.

https://www.orano.group/usa/project-ike-enrichment    

Event Details

The UT Resource Center is at 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike between Dairy Queen and Applebee's Grill. Use the entrance at the southwest (back) corner of the building. 

A light lunch (half sandwich, chips, cookie, and a drink) will be available for a $10 donation (cash, check or IOU) starting about 11:15 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis.   Attendees may also bring food to eat.

Meeting Agenda
 

11:15 a.m.  – Arrive at UT Resource Center to grab a light lunch or chat with colleagues


11:50 a.m.  – Zoom attendees may login online until noon


12:00 p.m. – Talk begins following a few announcements and introduction of the speaker.

Zoom available about 11:50 a.m.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85025514713?pwd=JCJ0lDs8bqnpTqFprawWlG0nLiRrOU.1