Oded Doron

Dr. Oded Doron is the Senior Director of Reactor Systems Design at Kairos Power. He is the design authority of the nuclear island for the Kairos Power Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (KP-FHR). In addition, he is currently directing teams for the development of the design and analysis for the reactor systems. His focus is on developing a design that is inherently safe, cost-competitive, and can be built.

Dr. Doron has a wide range of engineering experience and knowledge. He is the third generation in his family to be involved in steel fabrication and engineering, and previously owned the responsibility of the design of several in core components for TerraPower’s traveling wave reactor.

Dr. Doron also worked at Sandia National Laboratory in nuclear forensics, where he helped in the development of sensor technology for the detection of nuclear detonations in urban environments, was awarded an Outstanding Innovation Award for his US patent application and was co-inventor on a patent. Dr. Doron also worked in the shielding group at Knolls Atomic Laboratory.

Dr. Doron earned both his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering and B.S. in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Doron is a Professional Engineer registered in Texas with a dual competence in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering.