Dr. Mauricio Tano-Retamales is a Staff Scientist in the Thermal Fluids Systems and Methods Analysis group at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). He is currently leading efforts for high- and intermediate-fidelity modeling and simulation of multiphysics phenomena in Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs), which include the development of models coupling between neutronics, thermal-hydraulics, thermomechanics, salt chemistry, and corrosion. These efforts led to more than 20 scientific publications in 2021 and have placed INL at the scientific and industry forefront in modeling and simulation of MSRs. Additionally, Dr. Tano-Retamales is an active developer of INL’s coarse-mesh Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code Pronghorn and INL’s MOOSE-based subchannel code for advanced nuclear reactors. Besides, Dr. Tano-Retamales leads the coupling between RELAP5-3D and CFD codes and performs nuclear reactor analyses using RELAP5-3D. Dr. Tano-Retamales engages with stakeholders and coordinates different efforts in support of advanced and research nuclear reactors. His stakeholder engagement work supports nuclear companies with modeling and simulation for enhancing nuclear reactor design and operation, creating modeling-based digital twins, and developing of thermal-hydraulics validation experiments for advanced and research nuclear reactors. Dr. Tano-Retamales holds Ph.D. degrees in Nuclear Engineering and Energy and Fluid Mechanics and worked five years in industry and three years in academia before joining the INL in 2021. He currently holds joint appointments with Texas A&M and North Carolina State Universities.

• ​Modeling and Simulation
• Multiphsyics
• Molten Salt Reactors
• Advanced Reactors
• Thermal-Hydraulics
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Systems Codes
• RELAP5-3D
• Machine Learning