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A series of firsts delivers new Plant Vogtle units
Southern Nuclear was first when no one wanted to be.
The nuclear subsidiary of the century-old utility Southern Company, based in Atlanta, Ga., joined a pack of nuclear companies in the early 2000s—during what was then dubbed a “nuclear renaissanceâ€â€”bullish on plans for new large nuclear facilities and adding thousands of new carbon-free megawatts to the grid.
In 2008, Southern Nuclear applied for a combined construction and operating license (COL), positioning the company to receive the first such license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2012. Also in 2008, Southern became the first U.S. company to sign an engineering, procurement, and construction contract for a Generation III+ reactor. Southern chose Westinghouse’s AP1000 pressurized water reactor, which was certified by the NRC in December 2011.
Fast forward a dozen years—which saw dozens of setbacks and hundreds of successes—and Southern Nuclear and its stakeholders celebrated the completion of Vogtle Units 3 and 4: the first new commercial nuclear power construction project completed in the U.S. in more than 30 years.
Thank you to the following donors who each have contributed $5,000 or more to the American Nuclear Society throughout the years. Your invaluable support helps sustain our service to ANS members and the nuclear community.
Wayne L. Andrews, Jr.
Steven A. Arndt
Andrew S. Barritt
James W. Behrens
Edgar Berkey
Rita C. Bowser
Margaret S.Y. Chu
Joe F. Colvin
Eugene N. Cramer
Patrick F. Ervin
Vincent J. Esposito
Carl & Kathy Esposito Family
Marvin S. Fertel
Abel A. Garcia
Tsahi Gozani
Eugene S. Grecheck
Theresa Hamlin
H.M. Hashemian
David K. Hayes
Donald R. Hoffman
Sushil C. Jain
W. Reed Johnson
Warren E. Keene
Hugh Kendrick
Andrew C. Klein
John Landis
Harry Lawroski
Michael J. Lineberry
John R. Longenecker
Gail H. Marcus
Thomas P. McLaughlin
Thomas E. Mistler
Sherry A. Mitchell
Toshio Morita
R. Don Mothena
William L. Myers
William F. Naughton
E. Gail de Planque
Edward L. Quinn
Joseph J. Ruggiero
Stephen P. Schultz
Sarita Sehgal
William T. Sha
Arkal S. Shenoy
Rachel N. Slaybaugh
Kurt M. Taylor
Roger W. Tilbrook
Beverly Ann Tyreman
Alan E. Waltar
John C. Williams
Brian N. Woolweber
Loyd A. Wright
Natalie Ann Yonker
Thank you to the following donors whose support helps further the Society’s mission to advance, foster, and spur the development and application of nuclear science, engineering, and technology to benefit society.
Adam A. Abraham
Steven A. Arndt*
Roy A. Axford*
Robert A. Bari*
Jeffrey A. Buczek
Keith F. Bullen*
Diane M. Cato*
Joe F. Colvin*
John Conant, in memory of Henry H. Windsor
John F. Conant*
Alan B. Cox*
Luc G.G. Van Den Durpel
Guy P. Estes*
Audeen W. Fentiman*
Marvin S. Fertel*
George F. Flanagan*
Charles W. Forsberg*
James (Vince) V. Gilbert*
Eugene S. Grecheck*
Margaret E. Harding*
H.M. Hashemian*
Anthony Hechanova*
Alan S. Icenhour
Sushil C. Jain*
R. Shane Johnson
Raymond J. Juzaitis*
Andrew C. Kadak
John E. Kelly*
Andrew C. Klein*
Jacob M. Kulangara*
Richard H. Lagdon, Jr.*
Eric A. Larson*
Alan E. Levin*
Alan E. Levin
Phyllis M. Lovett*
John C. Luxat*
Peter B. Lyons
James P. Malone*
John C. Matter*
Corey K. McDaniel*
Thomas P. McLaughlin*
Michael V. McMahon
Edward Moses
Joseph Naser
Joseph A. Naser, II
Kevin R. O'Kula*
Kenneth S. Petersen*
Richard T. Purcell*
Jimmy L. Rash*
Luis Reyes
Luis A. Reyes*
Loren C. Schmid
Don K. Schopfer*
Stephen P. Schultz*
Ralph K. Schwartzbeck*
Arkal S. Shenoy*
Charles O. Slater
Andrew O. Smetana*
Charles A. Sparrow*
Weston M. Stacey, Jr.
Rebecca L. Steinman
John G. Stevens*
Kurt M. Taylor*
Rizwan Uddin
Robert C. Webb
William Arthur Wharton, III*
John C. Williams*
Brian N. Woolweber*
Natalie Ann Yonker*
Adam A. Abraham*
Robert W. Albrecht
Joseph S. Armijo*
Larry D. Arnold
Christina A. Back
Mark A. Bates*
Carol L. Berrigan
Sama Bilbao y Leon*
Ann S. Bisconti*
Willis W. Bixby, Jr.
Leonard J. Bond
Chad Boyer
Chad J. Boyer
Michael D. Bradley
Laural L. Briggs
Richard W. Brock*
Forrest B. Brown*
John C. Browne
John Charles Browne
Jeffrey A. Buczek*
Barry L. Butterfield
Kenneth T. Canavan
Yoon I. Chang*
Heather J. M. Chichester
Jeff Combs
Frank Dennis Coon, III*
David A. Costa*
Michael Thomas Coyle*
Max M. De Long*
Rob Despain*
Roger H. Dilmore*
Lawrence F. Drbal*
Kenneth R. Epperson*
Kenneth A. Ewell*
James R. Fancher*
Thomas H. Fanning*
Madeline A. Feltus
James R. Felty
Mark D. Flaherty*
Larry R Foulke
Larry R. Foulke*
Joseph K. Gasper
Donald E. Hall, PhD*
Luisa F. Hansen
Paul E. Hartnett*
Thomas J. Hickey*
William R. Hollaway, Esq
Angelina S. Howard*
Gordon D. Jarvinen
Timothy Johnson*
Andrew C. Kadak*
John E. Kelly
William E. Kennedy, Jr.*
John F. Kotek*
Jay F. Kunze
Richard H. Lagdon, Jr.
James A. Lake*
Peter C. LeBlond*
Hangyu Li
David Michael Lucoff
Ralph F. Lumb*
David L. Luxat
Peter B. Lyons*
John M. Mahoney
Michael L. Marler*
Greg Mason*
Brian E. Mays*
Frank H. McDougall*
Thomas A. Mehlhorn*
Joel P. Melito
John A. Miller*
Thomas E. Mistler*
Susumu Mitake*
David L. Mohre, Jr.
Toshio Morita*
John A. Nakoski*
Steven J. Nathan*
Peter G. Newby
Kaichiro Odajima
Todd S. Palmer*
Shawn D. Pautz*
Charles W. Pennington*
Joseph Y.R. Rashid*
Laura Scheele
Kenneth J. Schrader*
Richard R. Schultz
Ting-Leung Sham*
Thomas B. Silko*
Charles O. Slater*
David H. Smith*
Herbert Spierling*
Weston M. Stacey, Jr.*
Russell E. Stachowski*
Roger W. Tilbrook*
Donald R. Todd
Neil E. Todreas*
Marianne C. Walck
Richard F. Walker
Robert C. Webb*
Christopher M. Wiegand*
Paul P. Wilson*
Mark R. Winsor*
Ann D. Winters*
Andrew R. Wysong*
Nusret S. Aksan*
Allan Aldridge
Kelsey Amundson*
George Apostolakis*
David L. Aumiller
Carla L. Barrett*
James S. Baumstark
Curtis A. Beck*
Paul E. Benneche*
Frederick D. Benton
Rashid Akhtar Bhatti
Willis W. Bixby, Jr.*
Roger N. Blomquist
Roger L. Boyer
Michael Bradbury
Gilbert J. Brown*
Michael E. Button
James D. Callen*
Kenneth T. Canavan*
Bruce G. Carpenter
Daniel L. Churchman*
Jeff Combs*
Ian C. Cook
Michael Thomas Coyle
Gwyneth Cravens
Bruce W. Crawford
Douglas C. Crawford*
Timothy M. Crook*
Garth E. Cummings*
Samuel J. Dechter*
L. Walter Deitrich*
Richard S. Denning
Harsh S. Desai*
David J. Diamond
Nils J. Diaz*
Anthony Dimitriadis
Nam T. Dinh*
Michael A. Elliott*
Joseph O. Erb*
Paolo Errani*
Mitchell T. Farmer
Jeffrey A. Favorite*
James R. Felty*
Scotty D. Ferguson*
Jesus M. Garcia Figueroa
Eric R. Frantz*
Arnold R. Fritsch*
Nicholas A. Gentile
K. Brad Gooden*
Micah J. Hackett
Phillip B. Haga
Donald E. Hall
William G. Halsey
William H. Hannum*
Roger K. Harshbarger
Eric L. Harvey*
Thad A. Heltemes*
Joseph M. Hendrie*
Robert E. Henry*
Robert William Hess*
Greg H. Hobson*
Kenneth Hofstetter
Kenneth J. Hofstetter
Calvin M. Hopper
John W. Houck
John J. Hummer
Gordon D. Jarvinen*
Rodney W. Johnson*
Burton F. Judson*
Michael R. Kansler*
Kenneth D. Keith, Jr.*
Dale Klein*
Ronald A. Knief*
Dale E. Knutson*
Walter H. Kohler
William R. Kohlroser*
Maria G. Korsnick*
Mrs. Maria G. Korsnick
Michael K. Kreisher
Ernestine M. Kuhr
Ernestine M. Kuhr*
Richard Lanza
Richard C. Lanza*
David R. Lawson*
Peter C. LeBlond
Joy Leggett*
Robert C. Little*
William A. Loeb
Jacqueline N. Loop*
Jean-Francois Lucchini*
Arland MacKinney
Arland L. MacKinney*
Michael M. Mann*
Regis A. Matzie*
Norman J. McCormick
Frank H. McDougall
Natalie Zaczek McIntosh*
Kliss McNeel
Jeff W. Mercer*
George H. Miley*
Cornelius Milmoe
Arthur Motta
Arthur T. Motta
Joseph A. Murphy*
John A. Nakoski
Michael L. Nelson*
Steven P. Nesbit*
Steve J. Newing*
Walter C. Nodean*
James C. Nygaard*
Hidetoshi Okada*
Eric A. Olson*
David S. Orr, PE
Earl M. Page
James W. Painter*
Lester M. Petrie*
Supathorn Phongikaroon*
Steven M. Podgurski
W. David Pointer
Marvin Raber
Brett D. Rampal
Robert C. Rogers
James W. Rowland*
Glenn Rushworth*
Sudipta Saha
Sagid Salah
Jose Shiloh Sanchez
Heidi Helene Schuette
Kenneth R. Schultz*
Ralph K. Schwartzbeck
Richard Seaborn*
Howard C. Shaffer, III*
Olga Cortes Rabelo Leão Simbalista
Mike S. Singh
Roger C. Sit
Rachel N. Slaybaugh*
Sandra M. Sloan
James L. Snelgrove*
Finis H. Southworth*
Herbert Spierling
Edward F. Sproat, III
Richard B. Stout
Joseph W. Talnagi*
Nicholas William Thompson
Kamil Tucek*
Nathanial E. Watson
Richard J. Weader, II*
Michael K. Webb
Troy A. Wilfong*
Yasunori Yamanaka
Larry D. Young
Anonymous
Mark Benjamin Acker
Kayvaan Adrangi
Sultan Mohammed Al Qahtani
Meredith J. Angwin
Jessiah Joseph Ardor
Sven O. Bader
Jeanette Berry
Derek J. Brice
Gilbert Browne
Madison Nicole Bushloper
James J. Byrne
Andrew Campbell, in honor of Dr. Raymond G. Wymer
Andrew C. Campbell
Shawn H. Cantlin
Max Carbon
Max W. Carbon
Donald E. Carlson
Shih-Yew Chen
Michael L. Corradini
Anthony Dai
Madan Dev
Dorothy R. Davidson
Lynne E. Ecker
Joseph O. Erb
Scotty D. Ferguson
Steven Michael Fontaine
Matthew J. Forsbacka
James (Vince) V. Gilbert
Jeffery Scott Gill
James M. Gilmer
Mark P. Givens
John D. Greenhill
Jeremy L. Gustafson
Alex Henke
Thomas J. Hickey
Michael R. James
Eric Jebsen
Alan Jelalian
Michael C. Johnson
Edward L. Jordan
Sidney A. Keener
John W. Keffer
Miriam A. Kreher
Bengt O. Lydell
John Kevin McCoy
Jon D. McWhirter
Jeff W. Mercer
George E. Miller
Jeffrey T. Mitman
Emily M. Monk
Pablo M. Mulás
Richard C. Myer
Arne P. Olson, Sr.
Joan Parker
Wesley C. Patrick
John D. Perock
Walter Edward Perry
Jeffrey S. Philbin
Owen B. Pierce
Xavier Polanski
Xavier M. Polanski
Richard A. Polich
Christopher W. Putre
Scott E. Rasmussen
William D. Reckley
John D. Richardson
Jeffrey Neal Robertson
José Agustín F. Rodríguez
Reginald M. Ronningen
Kashmir Singh
Harold A. Stiles
Spencer James Swartzbaugh
Pedro Pino Veliz
Roger D. Weber
Abdullah Weiss
Glenn S. K. Williams
Bao-Wen Yang
Xiatong Yang
Thank you to the following donors whose contributions support the Center’s education and outreach efforts that inform, engage, and inspire audiences across the country, including educators, students and the public.
Duke Energy Corporation
Exelon Generation Co., LLC
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
Boston Consultancy Group
Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited
Terrestrial Energy, Inc.
Ralph U. Elwell
Paul D. Felsher
Henry Goldstein
Edward I. Moses
Hidetoshi Okada
Boris Saitcevsky
S. Christian Simonson, III
Thank you to the following donors whose contributions help provide the financial resources needed for undergraduate and graduate students to begin or continue their academic studies within a variety of nuclear fields.
Carl & Kathy Esposito Family Trust
Aldona Sehgal (Sehgal Trust), in memory of Bal-Ray Sehgal
Marvin L. Adams
William H. Hannum
Rudolph Johannes Maria Konings
William R. Martin
Thomas C. Barton
Leila El-Wakil
Frances Marshall
Jeffrey Allen Randorf
John P. Roberts
Ray A. Rothrock
Robert Joseph Zerr
ANS Thermal Hydraulics Division
ANS Mathematics & Computation Division
ANS Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences Division
G. Douglas Cole
Thank you to the following donors whose contributions to ANS help support the annual operations of the Society, furthering our mission and important work.
Margaret S.Y. Chu, in memory of Milton Levenson
A. Edward Scherer
William G. Wabbersen, Jr.
Catherine Davis, in memory of Dr. William T. Sha
TK and Mabel Huang and Wong, in memory of Dr. William T. Sha
Alexander Malitsky
Joanne Sha, in memory of Dr. William T. Sha
Carl E. Weber
Thank you to the following companies that have matched their employees’ contributions to ANS in support of the Society’s work.
Benevity Fund
Bright Funds
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
Duke Energy Foundation
GE Foundation
Thank you to the following donors for their lead support, honoring their commitment to ANS and to the nuclear field while helping to ensure the Society continues to advance nuclear science and technology.
William T. Sha — $20,000
With his lead Legacy Circle gift, William T. Sha continues his longstanding commitment to ANS. William joined the Society in 1964 and in 1984, he became an ANS Fellow, one of our highest honors. According to the Fellow nominating committee, William has “a distinguished record of achievement as the original thinker… of codes representing a quantum jump for advancing understanding of very complex physical processes.” Read more...
An ANS member for nearly 60 years, Eugene Cramer founded the Emergency Communications Center for the San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station.
H. L. (Lee) Dodds, in honor of Pietro F. Pasqua
Still finding time to educate college students about nuclear energy, longtime ANS member H.L. (Lee) Dodds takes pride in guiding his students onto prosperous careers. Read more...
Vincent J. Esposito, in honor of R.A. Dannels
A 50-year member of ANS, Vincent J. Esposito has served on the Society’s committees and divisions, and spent a year as the ANS Congressional Fellow. Read more...
Jain was the President and CEO of Empyrean until his retirement in May, 2022. He has served as an executive consultant in the energy industry on national and international levels. He has also served as a chairman and member of several safety review and oversight boards. He has been a long term benefactor/member of ANS and member of the US Nuclear Industry Council D&D Task Force. Read more...
Hugh Kendrick, in honor of J.R. (Bob) Beyster
Longtime ANS member Hugh Kendrick impacted the nuclear field with his contributions to nuclear materials safeguards and nuclear nonproliferation, thanks to the mentor he honors with his gift, J.R. (Bob) Beyster. Read more...
Dr. Klein is a professor in the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering at Oregon State University and serves on the Board of Directors for the American Nuclear Society. He has been a member of the faculty at Oregon State University since 1985. Read more...
Jacob M. Kulangara
Warren F. Miller, Jr.
Tom and Joan Mistler, in honor of William Kimel
Joining ANS in the early 1960s, Thomas Mistler spent his career at Westinghouse Electric Company where he helped lead innovation, global expansion, government relations, and customer service. Read more...
Kevin R. O'Kula
Michael Z. Podowski
An ANS Fellow, Dr. Podowski's research and educational efforts have always been on promoting critical thinking to maximize scientific evidence behind any proposed new solutions in all areas of his interest. Read more...
John W. Poston, Sr.
Lifetime member John W. Poston, Sr. has been part of the ANS family for more than 40 years. Read more...
An honorary life member, A. Edward Scherer has been an ANS member for more than 50 years. He is a participant of the Society’s Nuclear Installations Safety and Operations & Power professional divisions.
Michael J. Wallace
Anonymous, in honor of Gerald P. Stone
Larry R. Foulke
