Micah Hackett

Dr. Micah Hackett is the Senior Director of Fuels & Materials at Kairos Power. He is currently directing 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.

Previously, Dr. Hackett managed materials development for the sodium-cooled traveling wave reactor (TWR) at TerraPower with a focus on material optimization and qualification, supply chain development, manufacturing, irradiation testing, and advanced materials development. Dr. Hackett also worked for Naval Reactors at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, where he was awarded the 2009 Young Scientist of the Year Award.

Dr. Hackett earned his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in nuclear engineering in 2008. He is a member of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS).