Piyush Sabharwall
Distinguished Staff Nuclear Research Scientist at Idaho National Laboratory
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Piyush Sabharwall is a nuclear research scientist at Idaho National Laboratory, where Piyush manages the Irradiation Experiment Thermal Hydraulics Analysis Department and serves as technical area lead for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy’s Microreactor R&D Program. Piyush’s work includes nuclear and thermal engineering, advanced reactors, and integrated energy systems.
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The symposium brings together national laboratory researchers, university partners, industry professionals, and Department of Energy leadership to examine energy technology economic evaluation from early-stage feasibility through investment-ready financial models. Topics include techno-economic analysis fundamentals, tax-credit modeling, DOE perspectives on energy investment decisions, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, cost escalation, discounted cash-flow modeling, energy-market trend resources, critical-materials techno-economic analysis, proposal scope development, AI for techno-economic analysis, utility investment decision-making, analytical tools, and digital twins. The program includes nuclear cost estimation and economic modeling; critical materials and supply-chain economics; analytical frameworks, AI, and decision support; scaling, financing, and deploying nuclear; fuels, chemicals, and feedstock economics; and energy storage, thermal systems, and grid planning. Named sessions include “The Role of Decision Sciences for Energy Investment,” “Economics and Nuclear Energy,” “Techno-Economic Analysis of Nd-Rich Mischmetal Recovery from Idaho Soil,” “Sustainable Recovery of Critical Metals from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries Through Gluconic Acid-Based Bioleaching,” “Diversifying low-purity Ga Production Beyond China,” “Autonomous Design Optimization for Nuclear Energy,” “Pathways to Massively Scaling Nuclear Deployment in the United States,” and “Outlook for Nuclear Energy 2026.”