Giacomo Busco

Giacomo Busco serves as the Lead Engineer for Core Thermal-Hydraulics at Kairos Power since January 2021, focusing on the development of methodologies related to Core Thermal-Hydraulics, Discrete Element Methods (DEM), and Verification-Validation-Uncertainty-Quantification (V&V-UQ) for Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactors (FHRs). Prior to this role, Giacomo held positions as a Senior Nuclear Engineer and Nuclear Engineer in Core Design, specializing in thermal-hydraulics and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Giacomo's academic background includes a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University, alongside a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering from Università di Pisa. Experience also includes research roles at Argonne National Laboratory and Texas A&M University, focusing on high-performance computing and simulations related to fluid dynamics in nuclear reactor systems.