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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.
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1:00–2:45PM EDT
Panel|Sponsored by DESD|Cosponsored by OPD
Session Chairs: John Kelly, Erhard W. Koehler
Panel|Sponsored by Executive Panels
Session Chair: Jeffrey C. King
Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Kaushik Banerjee|Alternate Chair: Stephanie H. Bruffey
Sponsored by MSTD
Session Chair: Fidelma Giulia Di Lemma|Alternate Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood
Panel|Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: Deborah A. Hill|Alternate Chair: James C. Bunsen
Panel|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: James W. Behrens|Alternate Chair: Piyush Sabharwall
Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov|Alternate Chair: Dimitrios Cokinos
Sponsored by RPSD|Cosponsored by IRD, NNPD
Session Chair: Fatma Abdelrahman|Alternate Chair: Adam Hecht
Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Mihai Diaconeasa|Alternate Chair: David Holler
3:15–5:00PM EDT
Panel|Sponsored by DESD
Session Chair: Nadia S. Glucksberg|Alternate Chair: Jay Peters
Session Chair: W. Neal Mann|Alternate Chair: Piyush Sabharwall
Session Chair: Jinsuo Zhang|Alternate Chair: Christina Leggett
Panel|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Nicholas A. Gentile|Alternate Chair: Brian C. Kiedrowski
Session Chair: Kallie E. Metzger|Alternate Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood
Panel|Sponsored by NISD
Session Chair: David S. Grabaskas|Alternate Chair: Matthew R. Denman
Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell|Alternate Chair: W. Neal Mann
Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov|Alternate Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Chair: Jun Wang|Alternate Chair: Subash L. Sharma
Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: Lon E. Paulson|Alternate Chair: Tracy Stover
12:00–1:45PM EDT
Sponsored by ANSTD|Cosponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Jeffrey C. King|Alternate Chair: Abdalla A. Jaoude
Session Chair: Craig Piercy
Panel|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Benjamin B. Cipiti|Alternate Chair: Christina Leggett
Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Robert E. Grove|Alternate Chair: Brian C. Kiedrowski
Session Chair: Simon M. Pimblott|Alternate Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood
Sponsored by NISD
Session Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu|Alternate Chair: Aaron S. Epiney
Session Chair: Erin Wehlage|Alternate Chair: W. Neal Mann
Panel|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Sponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Dominic Napolitano|Alternate Chair: Amir A. Bahadori
Panel|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: W. David Pointer|Alternate Chair: Igor A. Bolotnov
2:15–4:00PM EDT
Panel|Sponsored by Executive Panels|Cosponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: Andrew Smith|Alternate Chair: Laura Hermann
Session Chair: Jen Shafer|Alternate Chair: Christina Leggett
Sponsored by IRD
Session Chair: James M. Bowen|Alternate Chair: Samuel E. Glover
Session Chair: Madicken Munk|Alternate Chair: Steven P. Hamilton
Session Chair: Aaron S. Epiney|Alternate Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Session Chair: Piyush Sabharwall|Alternate Chair: Jacopo Buongiorno
Panel|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov|Alternate Chair: Mandy Bowles Tomaszewski
Session Chair: Andrew Rosenstrom|Alternate Chair: Lucas M. Rolison
Session Chair: Ling Zou|Alternate Chair: Kevin R. Robb
Panel|Sponsored by YMG
Session Chair: Matthew J. Jasica|Alternate Chair: Timothy M. Crook
4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair: Shaun Anderson|Alternate Chair: Steven Lynch
Session Chair: Sven O. Bader|Alternate Chair: Christina Leggett
Panel|Sponsored by IRD
Session Chair: James K. Jewell|Alternate Chair: Brenden J. Heidrich
Session Chair: J. Rory Kennedy|Alternate Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood
Session Chair: Mandy Bowles Tomaszewski|Alternate Chair: Kermit A. Bunde
Sponsored by NNPD
Session Chair: Stefani Buster|Alternate Chair: James W. Behrens
Session Chair: Yuefeng Qiu|Alternate Chair: Chelsea A. D'Angelo
Session Chair: Sang J. Kim|Alternate Chair: Xiaodong Sun
Sponsored by THD|Cosponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Trevor Howard|Alternate Chair: Lander Ibarra
Session Chair: Eric G. Meyer|Alternate Chair: Timothy M. Crook
Session Chairs: Gail H. Marcus, Steven M. Mirsky
Session Chair: Steven P. Nesbit|Alternate Chair: Brett Rampal
Panel|Sponsored by FCWMD|Cosponsored by NNPD
Session Chair: Benjamin B. Cipiti|Alternate Chair: Michael Browne
Session Chair: Douglas G. Bowen|Alternate Chair: Lon E. Paulson
Session Chair: Robert J. Budnitz|Alternate Chair: Nilesh C. Chokshi
Session Chair: Piyush Sabharwall|Alternate Chair: W. Neal Mann
Session Chair: Alisha Kasam-Griffith|Alternate Chair: Florent Heidet
Session Chair: Robert P. Martin|Alternate Chair: Dillon R. Shaver
Panel|Sponsored by YMG|Cosponsored by ETWDD
Session Chairs: Leigh Winfrey, Shirly Rodriguez
Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: Lisa M. Marshall|Alternate Chair: James E. Baciak
Session Chair: Shirly Rodriguez|Alternate Chair: Lisa M. Marshall
Session Chair: Stephanie Bruffey|Alternate Chair: Christina Leggett
Session Chair: Troy Munro|Alternate Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood
Session Chair: Mandy Bowles Tomaszewski|Alternate Chair: Benjamin Martin
Session Chair: Jacopo Buongiorno|Alternate Chair: Ashley Finan
Session Chair: Kristin Stolte
Session Chair: Jason Hearne|Alternate Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Chair: Jinyong Feng|Alternate Chair: Darius D. Lisowski
Session Chair: Gerard P. van Noordennen|Alternate Chair: James J. Byrne
Panel|Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: James E. Baciak|Alternate Chair: Andrew E. Thomas
Session Chair: Kenneth J. Aupperle|Alternate Chair: Charles W. Hess
Session Chair: Christina Leggett|Alternate Chair: Benjamin B. Cipiti
Session Chair: Michael A. Fendler|Alternate Chair: Theresa E. Cutler
Session Chair: Benjamin R. Betzler
Session Chair: Blair Bromley|Alternate Chair: Ching-Sheng Lin
Session Chair: Elia Merzari|Alternate Chair: Guillaume P. Mignot
Session Chair: Shanbin Shi|Alternate Chair: Victor Petrov
