ML23285A129

Official Exhibit - KRS-005-MA-CM01 - Kairos Power; Statements of Qualification for All Witnesses

ML23285A129
Person / Time
Site:	Hermes
Issue date:	10/12/2023
From:	NRC/OGC
To:	NRC/OCM
SECY RAS
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Construction Permit Mndtry Hrg, RAS 56821, 50-7513-CP
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of KAIROS POWER LLC Docket No. 50-7513-CP (Hermes Test Reactor)

Hearing Exhibit Exhibit Number: KRS-005 Exhibit

Title:

Kairos Power; Statements of Qualification for All Witnesses

Exhibit KRS-005 Statements of Qualification Statements of Qualification .................................................................................................................... 1 Mike Laufer ............................................................................................................................................. 2 Edward Blandford ................................................................................................................................... 3 Peter Hastings ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Per Peterson............................................................................................................................................ 5 Martin Bryan ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Anthonie Cilliers ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Matthew Denman ................................................................................................................................... 8 Oded Doron............................................................................................................................................. 9 Darrell Gardner ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Micah Hackett ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Jordan Hagaman ................................................................................................................ ................... 12 Brandon Haugh ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Alan Kruizenga ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Drew Peebles ........................................................................................................................................ 15 Nader Satvat ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Brian Song .................................................................................................................... ......................... 17 Nicolas Zweibaum ................................................................................................................................. 18 Steve Ahr ............................................................................................................................................... 19 Antonio Fernandez............................................................................................................. ................... 20 Lori Gross .............................................................................................................................................. 21 Kevin Taylor........................................................................................................................................... 22 1

Exhibit KRS-005 Mike Laufer Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Kairos Power LLC laufer@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• Responsible for all business and technical operations within the company for Kairos Powers design, development, and commercialization of theKairos Power Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (KP-FHR)

• Uses a rapid iterative approach enabled by investments in vertical integration to disrupt the

conventional nuclear development paradigm

• With a pioneering strategy, leads the company to achieve cost certainty by reducing

technical, licensing, supply chain, and construction risk through both non-nuclear and

nuclear iterations prior to the first commercial unit Additional Experience

• Technical expertise includes experimental and discrete-element simulation methods for granular flows relevant to pebble-bed nuclear reactors

• As a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, his research included work in reactor safety, design, licensing, and code validation for advanced non-light water reactors Education

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University

• Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley 2

Exhibit KRS-005 Edward Blandford Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Kairos Power LLC blandford@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• Responsible for technology development, engineering, testing, modeling and simulation, and deployment for Kairos Powers major hardware iterations, including the Engineering Test Unit series and the Hermes Demonstration Reactor, as well as fuel and salt production workstreams Additional Experience

• Prior to co-founding Kairos Power, he was at the University of New Mexico where he was an assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering

• As a project manager at the Electric Power Research Institute, he focused on steam generator thermal-hydraulics and material degradation management

• Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University

• Former Co-Chair FHR ANS/ANSI 20.1 Reactor Safety Standard

• Author of over 70 archival journal and conference articles on nuclear technology

• Recipient of the 2020 ASME Lewis F. Moody Award

• Member of Nuclear Technology Editorial Board

• Member of Sandia National Laboratories TA-V Sandia Pulse Reactor Committee and Radiological and Criticality Safety Committee Education

• Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley

• M.S., Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles 3

Exhibit KRS-005 Peter Hastings Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Quality, Kairos Power LLC hastings@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• Leads Kairos Power teams responsible for responsibility for Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing activities, reliability engineering, quality assurance, and government affairs, with a focus on establishing the regulatory basis for Kairos Power's reactor technology Additional Experience

• Previously ran a management and regulatory consulting firm specializing in new and advanced reactor development, consulting with the Electric Power Research Institute, the Nuclear Energy Institute, the Nuclear Innovation Alliance, the Tennessee Valley Authority, Southern Company, and several advanced reactor developers

• Held prior positions with what is now BWX Technologies on the mPower small modular reactor project, and multiple positions for Duke Energy including reactor engineering at Oconee Nuclear Station; various positions supporting the Department of Energys Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; licensing and safety analysis manager for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility; director for AP1000 licensing; and design center lead for NuStart Energy Development

• Active in numerous industry collaboration organizations, including leadership positions within the Nuclear Energy Institute, the US Nuclear Industry Council, and the World Nuclear Association. Registered professional engineer in North and South Carolina Education

• B.S., Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University 4

Exhibit KRS-005 Per Peterson Chief Nuclear Officer and Co-Founder, Kairos Power LLC peterson@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• As an academic and industry expert, he advises on topics related to KP-FHR technology, including safety and reliability of reactor systems and components, safety and security of nuclear materials, and waste management Additional Experience

• Co-authored the first paper proposing the concept of molten-salt cooled, solid fuel reactors (now FHRs) in 2003

• As a member of the Gen IV International Forums Evaluation Methodology Group, he participated in the development of the Gen IV Roadmap and served as co-chair for the Proliferation Resistance and Physical Protection Working Group

• Authored 140 archival journal articles on nuclear technology

• Contributed, through research, to the development of the passive safety systems used in the General Electric ESBWR and Westinghouse AP1000 reactor designs

• Supervised 30 doctoral dissertations

• Fellow, American Nuclear Society

• Member, National Academy of Engineering

• Member, Blue-Ribbon Commission on Americas Nuclear Future

• Holds the William and Jean McCallum Floyd Chair in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley Education

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno 5

Exhibit KRS-005 Martin Bryan Senior Manager, Site Licensing, Kairos Power LLC bryan@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• As Senior Manager of Site Licensing, he heads the interface between the Hermes Environmental Report (ER) vendor (AECOM) and the NRC

• He coordinates preparation, review, and approval of the ER and assigned sections of the preliminary safety analysis report for submittal to the NRC

• Supports NRC review by managing the audits and answering questions about the ER and assigned sections of the PSAR Additional Experience

• As an employee of Framatome, assisted the NuScale small module reactor licensing activities for development and review of the Design Certification Application (DCA) and the initial Standard Design Approval. Responsibilities included ensuring licensing materials were developed to meet regulatory requirements. Represented NuScale in NRC pre-application meetings, and review audits.

• As the License Application Process Integration Manager, was responsible for developing the project plan for the Yucca Mountain license application to ensure the technical and licensing information was integrated to achieve a successful submittal of the License Application and response to assigned Requests for Additional Information.

• Over 35 years of experience as a licensing engineer, and licensing manager for multiple projects, with a focus on initial licensing for new facilities

• Obtained Shift Technical Advisor Certificate for a Westinghouse PWR Education

• B.S., Nuclear Engineering from University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6

Exhibit KRS-005 Anthonie Cilliers Director, Instrumentation, Controls, and Electrical, Kairos Power LLC cilliers@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• As Director of IC&E, develop the IC&E systems of the various Kairos Power Testing, Prototype, and Demonstration facilities, with development efforts focused on reactor protection, plant control, cyber-physical systems, process control, test support and electrical systems

• Provides licensing and deployment support for the Kairos Power Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (KP-FHR)

Additional Experience

• 19 years experience in plant instrumentation and control (I&C) systems specializing in deterministic as well as probabilistic plant diagnostic systems

• Led the Advanced High Temperature Reactor (AHTR) Research & Development group at the South African Power utility Eskom, based on the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Technology

• As the Programme Manager, Nuclear Engineering, for North-West University, developed, maintained, lectured, and managed the post graduate nuclear engineering program

• Registered as a Professional Electrical Engineer at the Engineering Counsel of South Africa

• Authored 15 publications, journal and international conference proceedings, with a focus on condition-based maintenance and diagnostics

• Honorary Research Fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa

• Collaborated with the IAEA to create educational networks across South Africa and requested to implement ECAP process and educational networks in Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, and Tunisia Education

• Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the North-West University, South Africa

• M.Eng in Computer and Electronic Engineering from the North-West University, South Africa

• B.Eng in Computer and Electronic Engineering from the North-West University, South Africa 7

Exhibit KRS-005 Matthew Denman Distinguished Engineer, Reliability Engineering, Kairos Power LLC denman@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• Responsible Engineer for the Hermes reactor's Source Term Analysis including the Maximum Hypothetical Accident, Radiological Effluents, Control Room Habitability, and a Break of the Pebble Transfer Line

• Responsible Engineer for the KP-FHR Mechanistic Source Term Methodology

• Responsible Engineer for the analysis of the Engineering Test Unit Airborne Contamination during General Entry without Manipulations Additional Experience

• Received the ANS NISD: David Okrent Award for Nuclear Safety in 2021

• Received the JCNRM Certificate of Acclimation for technical contributions to the LWR Level 1 PRA Standard in 2023 and to the ANLWR PRA Standard in 2020

• As a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, was Principal Investigator for the reconstitution of the Centralized Reliability Database Organization (CREDO) database to support Probabilistic Risk Assessments and Safety Analysis for Sodium Fast Reactors, benchmarked sodium fire codes in joint effort with Japanese Atomic Energy Agency, and incorporated sodium fire codes into the MELCOR computer code

• Investigated parameters into the Surry and Sequoyah SOARCA Uncertainty Analysis, uncertainties, and sensitivity studies on the Fukushima 1F1 accident analysis, safety and licensing gaps for the Sodium Fast Reactor, and more at Sandia National Laboratories

• At Sandia, he wrote and helped to develop several publications related to nuclear power licensing, risk, reliability, and severe accident assessments Education

• Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• B.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of Florida 8

Exhibit KRS-005 Oded Doron Senior Director, Reactor System Design, Kairos Power LLC doron@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• Responsible for leading all design and analysis activities for the KP-FHR Reactor System, Hermes Spent Fuel Storage, ASME Vessel Design, and Hermes 2 Power Generation System

• Was the design authority of the nuclear island for the Hermes Preliminary Safety Analysis Report

• As Director of Engineering Design at Kairos Power, he helped develop the disciplines and groups of mechanical design, civil structures, plant layout and integration, and piping and pressure part design

• Focus is on developing a design that is inherently safe, cost-competitive, and can be built Additional Experience

• While managing Steel Fabrication Business, responsibilities included, individual contributor design and engineering work, finance management, shop management, and customer relations

• Worked in nuclear forensics at Sandia National Laboratory, where he helped in the development of sensor technology for the detection of nuclear detonations in urban environments

• At Sandia, was also principal investigator for nuclear emp measurement and modeling work

• Was co-inventor on a patent related to his work at Sandia, and was awarded an Outstanding Innovation Award for that US patent application

• Was responsible for the design of several in core components for TerraPowers traveling wave reactor

• Stood up and managed shielding group at TerraPower

• Worked in the shielding group at Knolls Atomic Laboratory

• Registered as a Professional Engineer in Texas with a dual competence in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Education

• Ph.D., Nuclear and Radiation Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin 9

Exhibit KRS-005 Darrell Gardner Senior Director, Licensing, Kairos Power LLC gardner@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• Directs teams developing the licensing strategies and licensing documents for the Kairos Power Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (KP FHR)

• Works closely with the advanced reactor industry to develop and implement innovative licensing strategies to streamline and accelerate licensing and deployment of advanced reactors Additional Experience

• Managed licensing strategy and document development activities associated with the NuScale and mPower small modular reactor programs

• Managed licensing activities for the US EPR, the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, and the Yucca Mountain Project Site Recommendation

• Extensive commercial nuclear experience in successfully leading, developing, and implementing nuclear safety requirements, safety analysis reports, operations and licensing documentation, and compliance assessments for NRC regulated facilities.

• DOE support experience includes development of nuclear facility safety analysis reports, licensing bases documentation, hazard assessments, and implementation of rules, orders, and guidance

• Member of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) large light water reactor consensus committee

• Obtained a Shift Technical Advisor Certificate for Westinghouse PWR Education

• M.S., Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

• B.S., Nuclear Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville 10

Exhibit KRS-005 Micah Hackett Senior Director, Fuels and Materials, Kairos Power LLC hackett@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• Directs teams for the development of materials and fuel for the Kairos Power Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (KP-FHR)

• Development efforts are focused on technology, testing, fabrication, irradiation qualification, and supply chain for licensing and deployment of the KP-FHR

• Directs the rapid prototyping of advanced fuel fabrication methods, with an objective toward integration of fabrication systems and process automation with dramatic cost reduction to enable commercialization Additional Experience

• At TerraPower, managed materials development for the sodium-cooled traveling wave reactor (TWR) with a focus on material optimization and qualification, supply chain development, manufacturing, irradiation testing, and advanced materials development

• At TerraPower, managed the development and qualification of a welding program for steel cladding, including fabrication and installation of specialized equipment to meet strict functional requirements

• 8 patents and patents pending

• He is a member of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS)

• 2009 Young Scientist of the Year Award; Naval Reactors Fellow Education

• PhD, Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan 11

Exhibit KRS-005 Jordan Hagaman Director, Reliability Engineering and Quality Assurance, Kairos Power LLC hagaman@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• As Director of Reliability Engineering and Quality Assurance, he leads the team responsible for risk-informing the design, manufacture, and operation of non-nuclear and nuclear hardware demonstrations

• Manages the Kairos operating experience program, hazard analyses (Failure Modes and Effects Analyses, What If Assessments) for hardware demonstration projects, bounding Hermes source term analyses, and Hermes quality program assessments

• Managed development of the KP-FHR mechanistic source term methodology technical report and contributed to the technical report for power reactor KP-FHR licensing basis development methodology

• As PRA Lead, contributed to the final versions of ASME/ANS RA-S-1.4-2021 PRA standard for non-LWR NPPs and to NEI 18-04 Licensing Modernization Project Additional Experience

• As a Lead Engineer, Risk & Reliability for GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, analyzed early design concepts for ARC-100 sodium fast reactor, PRA modernization project focused on PRISM sodium fast reactor technology, and site-specific PRA tasks for the ABWR project at Wylfa Newydd

• At GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, piloted use of ASME/ANS RA-S-1.4-2021 PRA standard for non-LWR NPPs and of NEI 18-04 Licensing Modernization Project

• As an Engineer, LOCA & Containment Analysis, for GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, performed analysis supporting licensing and application of the best-estimate-plus-uncertainty TRACG LOCA methodology, and deterministic BWR containment analysis

• As an Engineer, Edison Engineering Development Program, for GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, supported ESBWR Part 52 design certification with thermal-hydraulic analysis and analyzed fuel cycles for PRISM sodium fast reactor technology

• Focused on safety analysis and risk assessment for nuclear reactor technologies by supporting applications ranging from licensing basis analysis for operating plants to safety case development for conceptual light water reactors and non-light water reactors Education

• Dual B.S., Nuclear Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• Master of Nuclear Engineering, from North Carolina State University 12

Exhibit KRS-005 Brandon Haugh Senior Director, Modeling and Simulation, Kairos Power LLC haugh@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• Directs teams in the development of modeling and simulation tools for the Kairos Power Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (KP-FHR)

• Development efforts are focused on system modeling, fuel performance, high temperature materials and source term modeling for licensing and deployment of the KP-FHR

• Manages a group of code developers in a growing nuclear reactor design company, primarily responsible of the modeling and simulation group is to develop, verify and validate the suite of tools for safety-related applications to the KP-FHR design in support of licensing with the USNRC

• Responsible for the development of the core design group, computer tools AGREE and SERPENT and core design activities in support of the KP-FHR design Additional Experience

• As Director, Innovation and Special Projects for Studsvik Scandpower Inc., he focused on business development, licensing and deployment of LWR core design tools

• At Studsvik, he supported the technical development of new products and services to customers by providing solutions to increase value and lower operational costs

• At NuScale Power, he was the initial reactor physicist and helped originate the reactor analysis organization

• As the head of team of engineers whose task was to design and license the NuScale Power reactor core and fuel systems, he oversaw a team of engineers and consultants across multiple organizations, disciplines of shielding analysis, source term development, nuclear analysis and core design

• ANS Reactor Physics Division Program Committee Member Education

• M.S., Nuclear Engineering from the Oregon State University 13

Exhibit KRS-005 Alan Kruizenga Senior Director, Salt Chemistry, Kairos Power LLC kruizenga@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• Leads salt chemistry development activities across the organization and integrates salt chemistry learnings and development into the KP-FHR

• Authored the Reactor Coolant for KP-FHR Topical Report

• One of the primary designers for the molten salt pilot plant and helped set up Kairos Powers beryllium program

• Formulated the working salt for KP-FHR technology and secured 2 patents for reactor technology Additional Experience

• Led high-temperature salt and other materials science and chemistry programs for energy systems at Sandia National Labs

• Advanced the field of concentrated solar power (CSP) by authoring a technical roadmap at Sandia National Labs

• As a Nuclear Regulatory Fellow, his work focused on heat transfer in complex geometries for the SCO2 Brayton cycle application

• Awarded the highest honor bestowed by the US government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2017

• Authored over 80 publications, including many publications on molten salt technology Education

• Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics from the University of Wisconsin Madison

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering from University of Wisconsin Madison

• M.S., Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics from the University of Wisconsin Madison

• B.S., Physics, from the University of Wisconsin River Falls 14

Exhibit KRS-005 Drew Peebles Senior Manager, Licensing, Kairos Power LLC peebles@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• Responsibilities as the Senior Licensing Manager include managing the Safety Analysis Reports supporting reactor licensing applications, the Licensing Topical Reports supporting safety and qualification methodologies, the Licensing Technical Reports supporting reactor licensing applications, and the white papers establishing regulatory positions

• Engages with the NRC review staff, ACRS, and Commissioners supporting licensing application reviews

• Engages with industry groups in support of advanced reactor regulatory efforts

• Establishes integration with technical teams to facilitate KP-FHR iterative development activities Additional Experience

• As a Licensing Engineer at NuScale Power, Enercon contractor, was lead licensing engineer for the LOCA evaluation model topical report as well as various sections in Chapter 15 of the FSAR

• Provided general licensing support for the NuScale Design Certification Application development, including licensing position papers, regulatory conformance evaluations, and interaction with design, operations, and testing groups

• Authored sections of the FSAR, Topical Reports, and exemption requests as part of the NuScale Design Certification Application submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• As the Safety Analysis Lead at Enercon Services, supervised Group of Safety Analysts, produced Bids/Proposals for Safety Analysis

• Supported radiation shielding / dose analysis (MCNP), Source Term Generation (SCALE),

Spent Fuel Cask Design (Storage/Transportation), MCNP and SCALE Validation Efforts and Regulatory Issues for Enercon Federal Services, Inc.

• As a Nuclear Safety Analysis Engineer for Babcock & Wilcox mPower, Inc, worked in the Accident Analysis group for the B&W mPower project to develop and analyze Design Basis Events for Chapter 15

• As a Nuclear Engineer for Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc, performed shielding analyses using MCNP5 for several areas in the containment and radwaste buildings of the B&W mPower plant Education

• B.S. Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University, Minor in Mathematics 15

Exhibit KRS-005 Nader Satvat Senior Manager, Nuclear Design and Methods, Kairos Power LLC satvat@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• Leads the Nuclear Design and Methods team with the disciplines including radiation transport and shielding, criticality safety analysis, radiation detection, nuclear and T/H design of core, and associated methodologies

• Led the development of Core Design methodology report for core neutronics and thermal-hydraulics design and licensing for Hermes PSAR

• Developed multiphysics pebble-bed high-fidelity core simulator for equilibrium and running-in phase calculations, high-fidelity Flibe loop model with integration with fuel performance for evolution of Flibe coolant with reactor operation, and a tool for multi-variable multi-group cross section development for KPAGREE transient analysis

• Responsible for Nuclear methods and analysis toolset: Serpent, MCNP, SCALE, NJOY, KP-AGREE, and internal fuel cycle and multiphysics analysis tools: KPACS and KPATH Additional Experience

• Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University (2005-2010, 2011-2014), the University of Utah (2010), and Senior Lecturer the Universiti Technologi Malaysia (2015-2016)

• Researcher at Purdue University and the University of Utah with a focus on safety analysis, V&V of advanced reactor methods, thermal-hydraulic analysis, and development of methods

• Authored 8 journal publications with focus on high-temperature fluoride-salt reactors, pebble bed reactors, and nuclear technologies

• Reactor Operation Experience at the University of Utah TRIGA Reactor (UUTR) and the Purdue University Reactor One (PUR-1)

• Key contributor for UUTR Safety Analysis Report (SAR) for chapters 4, 13, and decommissioning plan

• Received Magoon Award, Excellence of Teaching at Purdue University in 2008 and 2009

• Member of the American Nuclear Society (ANS)

Education

• Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University

• M.S., Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University

• B.S., Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University 16

Exhibit KRS-005 Brian Song Senior Manager, Civil Structures, Kairos Power LLC song@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• Designs and analyzes the Hermes Reactor Building and associated support design for SSCs

• Designs the plant layout of the Hermes Reactor Building

• Leads the Engineering Test Unit (ETU) projects structural design for the Vessel support and associated platform with pipe supports

• Manages external consultants to develop the conceptual design for the Hermes Reactor Building Additional Experience

• As a senior substation civil/structural engineer for Exelon Corporation, designed and lead substation upgrade and rebuild projects

• As a lead principal structural engineer for Westinghouse Electric Company in the Westinghouse AP1000 Site Design Engineering Department (2013 - 2017)

• Senior Structural Engineer for System One as a contractor on the Westinghouse AP1000 Site Design Engineering Department (2012 - 2013)

• Supervising Discipline Engineer with Exelon Nuclear and supported structural change packages with LaSalle, Clinton, Dresden, Quad Cities, Nine Mile, Bryon, and Braidwood Nuclear Power Stations (2008 - 2012)

• Authored 2 journal publications on the progressive collapse of steel frame buildings

• Professional Engineer License within the state of New Mexico and Illinois

• Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the ASME High temperature Reactor Stakeholder Committee Education

• B.S., Architectural Engineering at Yeungnam University in South Korea

• B.S., Civil/Structural Engineering at Ohio State University

• M.S., Civil/Structural Engineering at Ohio State University 17

Exhibit KRS-005 Nicolas Zweibaum Director, Salt Systems Design, Kairos Power LLC zweibaum@kairospower.com Role at Kairos Power

• Responsible for the design, analysis, testing, and hardware delivery for heat transport systems, thermal management systems, and process equipment

• He is the Responsible Director for KP-FHR systems outside of the reactor unit, as well as their development through both non-nuclear and nuclear prototypes

• As the Senior Manager of Engineering Testing at Kairos Power, he led a team of test engineers and technicians focused on thermal-fluids experiments in support of design, technology development, and code validation for the KP-FHR

• Responsible for overseeing the development of Kairos Powers first test facility, the Rapid Analysis, Prototyping, and Iterative Design Laboratory (R-Lab) in Alameda, California and led the team from 2018-2021 Additional Experience

• Worked alongside co-founders Mike Laufer and Per Peterson at the University of California, Berkeley, where he designed, built, and operated the first integral effects test facility in support of FHR technology

• As a mechanical design and performance engineer at SunPower Corporation, performed system modeling to prove market-leading reliability and performance through 25-year solar panel lifetime and improved efficiency by 15%

• As a student employee for EPRI, Implemented a novel methodology for nuclear plant risk assessment, leading to order-of-magnitude risk reduction

• Over a decade of experience working with FHR technology, and has authored multiple publications on KP-FHR technology

• Winner of Best Paper Award at the NURETH-18 conference with a paper titled Scaling Methodology for Integral Effects Tests in Support of Fluoride-Salt-Cooled, High-Temperature Reactor Technology Education

• Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley

• M.S., Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique in France

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique in France 18

Exhibit KRS-005 Steve Ahr Principal Investigator, Senior Archaeologist & Geoarchaeologist, Design and Consulting Services Group, AECOM steve.ahr@aecom.com Current Role

• Plans, coordinates, and supervises field surveys, prepares archaeological reports for regulatory review and project clearance, develops goals and strategies to locate, inventory, and evaluate historic properties for Section 106 and NEPA compliance, performs routing studies, prepares sections of CEs, EAs, and EISs for various infrastructure projects, including EIS for Texas High Speed Rail project, utilizes GIS, analyzes project constraints, model probability areas, and evaluates alternatives for routing studies Additional Experience

• Registered Professional Archeologist (#28818088) with over 25 years experience in Cultural Resources Management and meets the Secretary of Interiors Professional Qualifications Standards for Archeology

• At the Center for Archaeological Research, University of Texas at San Antonio Research, served as staff geoarchaeologist and preformed numerous geoarchaeological evaluations for survey, testing, and data recovery projects for San Antonio River Improvement Project by supervising surveys and testing for wastewater, archaeological monitoring, survey, and testing

• At Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. as the Senior Archaeologist and Principal Investigator, performed Texas Archeological Sites Atlas file searches, conduct background studies, oversaw archaeological permitting, developed research designs, budgets, and scopes of work for archaeological investigations

• As the Archaeological Project Manager at Associated Cultural Resource Experts, managed archaeological contracts and task orders and supervised archaeological survey and test excavations in Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota for Williston Basin Grasslands pipeline project

• Worked as Project Archaeologist for PBS&J Inc., Geo Marine Inc, and Texas Department of Transportation

• Cultural Resources Survey Coordinator at Fort Drum NY for Colorado State University-Center for Ecological Management of Military Lands and supervised 18 field archaeologists for cultural resources investigations in compliance with federal regulations

• Formal training in pedology, geomorphology, geoarchaeology, geochemistry, stratigraphy and sedimentology, and soil micromorphology Education

• PhD, Geology from Baylor University

• MA Anthropology from Texas A&M University

• BA Anthropology from Texas A&M University 19

Exhibit KRS-005 Antonio Fernandez President, FZA LLC antonio.fernandez@fzainc.com Role with Kairos Power

• Assisted Kairos to develop plans and perform the site investigation at the K33 site in Tennessee

• Drafted the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) Section 2.5 and initial version of Section 2.4 Additional Experience

• Performed and managed numerous projects for the design of foundations and structures of major power generation infrastructure, including safety-related facilities for nuclear power plants (NPPs), gas-powered generation units, and hydropower plants

• Acted as principal of structural mechanics and later led the power generation sector of an engineering consulting firm

• As owner and president of FZA, he has directed operations since 2011 and consulted on combined license applications for nuclear plants, including Callaway Unit 2, Calvert Cliffs, and Bell Bend

• Acted as the Technical Integrator for the Senior Seismic Hazard Analysis Committees (SSHAC) for nuclear power plants in the United States and abroad

• Has interacted with nuclear regulators in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and South Africa

• Subject Matter Expert in geotechnical and earthquake engineering Education

• Ph.D., Philosophy, Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

• M.S., Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

• B.S., Civil Engineering from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 20

Exhibit KRS-005 Lori Gross Senior Technical Expert, Hydrogeology/Hydrology, FZA LLC mailto:lorigross50@gmail.comlgrosshydro@gmail.com Role at Kairos Power

• As an Independent Expert Consultant for FZA, Inc. on the Hermes Site License Application, provides technical review of hydrologic engineering evaluations

• Reviewed calculation reports, responded to NRC comments, and participated in NRC audits Additional Experience

• Provided technical support as a Subject Matter Expert to the National Nuclear Regulator, South Africa, for the Thyspunt Site License Application, including a review of Hydrologic Engineering Sections of the Site Safety Report, submittal of several review reports including comments during different phases, meetings with NNR and the utility, attendance at public hearings, and additional support as needed to clarify technical and regulatory issues with the SSR

• For Constellation Energy (now Exelon), following the Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011, served as an independent technical reviewer for three plant sites where existing flood design elevations and mitigation structures were assessed under a wide variety of flood hazard scenarios including local intense precipitation, flooding in streams and rivers, dam breaches and failures, storm surge, seiche, tsunami, ice-induced flooding, and channel migration and diversion

• Supervised 2.4 Hydrologic Engineering Sections for the Callaway Unit 2 EPR Design and COL application including oversight of hydrological and hydrogeological investigations, preparation of FSAR and ER hydrology sections, and participation in NRC audits

• For the Bell Bend Nuclear Power EPR Design and COL application, served as senior staff support for FSAR 2.4 hydrologic engineering sections, including review of surface water evaluations conducted to assess extreme flooding and low water scenarios and groundwater evaluations conducted to assess the impact of plant construction and operation on groundwater aquifers, plant water needs under drought conditions, and radionuclide transport to potential receptors

• As Senior Technical Reviewer for Section 2.4 Hydrologic Engineering Sections for two proposed United Arab Emirates sites, provided review of all hydrologic engineering sections submitted for site licensing review with specific concerns related to plant water needs and safe shutdown associated with low water and availability of fresh water Education

• Ph.D., Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

• M.S., Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering from Ohio State University 21

Exhibit KRS-005 Kevin Taylor Manager, Nuclear and Radiological Services, AECOM kevin.taylor@aecom.com Role at AECOM

• Manages a team supporting environmental remediation, decommissioning, and site assessment projects involving radioactive materials

• Technical lead/project manager for nuclear power licensing support efforts

• Certified Health Physicist Additional Experience

• As a Senior Health Physicist at Energy Solutions, supported environmental remediation, decommissioning and site assessment projects involving radioactive materials

• As a Nuclear Engineer and Health Physicist for Tetra Tech, supported environmental remediation, decommissioning and site assessment projects involving radioactive materials Education

• B.S., Physics from Clemson University

• M.S., Nuclear Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology 22