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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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 renaissance”—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.
June 16–19, 2024
All In on Nuclear Deployment: The Stakes Have Never Been Higher
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
Thank you for participating in the 2024 ANS Annual Conference!
The Annual Conference TRANSACTIONS are now available to all who registered for the conference. Access to the TRANSACTIONS is linked to the account you used to register for the conference.
You can also access the TRANSACTIONS by logging in to the ANS website. Then:
See what happened at our Annual Conference in these photos from the conference!
From the lobby, go through the casino, past the restaurants, food court and Aquarium then up 2 floors via elevator or escalator.
Monday, June 178:00–11:30AM
Jennifer M. GranholmSecretary,U.S. Department of Energy
Jeff LyashTennessee Valley Authority
Chris WomackSouthern Company
Michael GoffU.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy
Peter FreedFormerly Clean Energy Buyers Alliance and Meta
Adrian AndersonMicrosoft
Dr. Adam SteinBreakthrough Institute
Briana KoborGoogle
Tuesday Special Session: Our Friends the Isotopes | Tuesday, June 18 | 8:00–9:45AM
Catherine PratWestinghouse Electric Company
Riaz BandaliNordion
Ben Goodrich TerraPower LLC
Ross Radel, PhD, PESHINE Technologies
Harsh DesaiZeno Power
Alyse HuffmanU.S. Senate Staff Member
Thanks to a great paper submission turnout and our two embedded topical meetings, the 2024 ANS Annual Conference is expanding and moving to a larger venue – Mandalay Bay.
The venue change will allow more space for our technical sessions and great networking opportunities that bring together the nuclear community like no other meeting. To accommodate the change, we’re moving the conference to June 16-19, which is one week later than the original dates.
The two topical meetings, Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS) and International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP), will also take place June 16-19.
This year’s ANS Annual Conference promises to be an experience like no other. You can bet on it.
Questions? Contact meetings@ans.org.
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