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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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12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair: Ronald L. Boring|Alternate Chair: Paula Savioja
Session Chair: Josh Daw|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Panel
Session Chair: Brent D. Shumaker
Session Chair: Brenden Heidrich|Alternate Chair: Troy Unruh
Session Chair: Michael Muhlheim|Alternate Chair: Derek Halverson
Session Chair: Chad J. Kiger|Alternate Chair: James B. McConkey
2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Torrey Mortenson|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Derek Halverson|Alternate Chair: Michael Muhlheim
Session Chair: Cody Walker|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Carol Smidts|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Zachary Spielman|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair: Jacob Houser|Alternate Chair: William H. Ferrell
Session Chair: Paul Hunton|Alternate Chair: Richard Wood
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: M. N. Ericson|Alternate Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Chair: Sacit M. Cetiner|Alternate Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Chair: Ahmad Al Rashdan|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe|Alternate Chair: David R. Desaulniers
Session Chair: Janos Eiler|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Rodney Busquim|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Graeme M. West|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Nesrin Cetiner|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Ryan S. Flamand|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Session Chair: Tunc Aldemir|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Jianghai Li
Session Chair: Miltiadis Alamaniotis|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Ted Quinn
Session Chair: Casey Kovesdi|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Session Chair: Brent Shumaker|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Jason Remer|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Michael T. Rowland|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Gyunyoung Heo|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Padhraic L. Mulligan|Alternate Chair: Josh Daw
10:00–11:45AM EDT
Session Chair: Raymond L. Herb|Alternate Chair: Pareez Golub
Session Chair: Adam Deatherage|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Zhouxiang Fei|Alternate Chair: Hyun Gook Kang
Session Chair: Markus Porthin|Alternate Chair: Sung-Min Shin
Session Chair: Alexander H. Hashemian|Alternate Chair: Shawn N. Tyler
Session Chair: Katya Le Blanc|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
12:15–2:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Paula Savioja|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Session Chair: Jacob Farber|Alternate Chair: Richard Wood
Session Chair: MIke Waters|Alternate Chair: Raymond L. Herb
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Richard T. Wood
