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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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10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair: Mohammad Modarres|Alternate Chair: David Grabaskas
Session Chair: Man Cheol Kim|Alternate Chair: Xiaoyu Zheng
Session Chair: Luca Podofillini|Alternate Chair: Gopika Vinod
12:40–2:40PM EST
Session Chair: David Grabaskas|Alternate Chair: Mohammad Modarres
Session Chair: Enrique Melendez Asensio|Alternate Chair: Tunc Aldemir
Session Chair: George Apostolakis|Alternate Chair: Fernando Ferrante
2:50–4:50PM EST
Session Chair: Enrique Droguet|Alternate Chair: Sai Zhang
Session Chair: Matt Degonish|Alternate Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Session Chair: Robert Budnitz|Alternate Chair: Mihai Diaconeasa
Session Chair: Andrea Maioli|Alternate Chair: Michelle (Shelby) Bensi
Session Chair: Stephen Unwin|Alternate Chair: David Grabaskas
Session Chair: Vinh Dang|Alternate Chair: Enrique Melendez Asensio
Session Chair: Michelle (Shelby) Bensi|Alternate Chair: Fernando Ferrante
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Session Chair: Robert Budnitz|Alternate Chair: Sai Zhang
8:00–10:00AM EST
Session Chair: Fernando Ferrante|Alternate Chair: Mihai Diaconeasa
Session Chair: Mohammad Modarres|Alternate Chair: Hyun Gook Kang
Session Chair: Enrique Melendez Asensio|Alternate Chair: Man Cheol Kim
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Xiaoxu Diao
Session Chair: Douglas Osborn|Alternate Chair: Vaibhav Yadav
Session Chair: Jin Kyun Park|Alternate Chair: Vinh Dang
Session Chair: Michael Muhlheim|Alternate Chair: Alex Huning
Session Chair: Sai Zhang|Alternate Chair: Richard Denning
Panel
Session Chair: Kevin R. O'Kula|Alternate Chair: Carol S. Smidts
Session Chair: Fernando Ferrante|Alternate Chair: Michelle (Shelby) Bensi
Session Chair: Tatsuya Sakurahara|Alternate Chair: Man Cheol Kim
Session Chair: Mohammad Modarres|Alternate Chair: Carol S. Smidts
Session Chair: Robertas Alzbutas|Alternate Chair: Robert Budnitz
Session Chair: Matt Degonish|Alternate Chair: Robertas Alzbutas
Session Chair: Jeffrey Julius|Alternate Chair: James Chang
Session Chair: Michelle Bensi|Alternate Chair: Carol S. Smidts
Session Chair: Gabriel Georgescu|Alternate Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Session Chair: Katrina Groth|Alternate Chair: Xiaoxu Diao
Session Chair: Michelle (Shelby) Bensi|Alternate Chair: Andrea Maioli
Session Chair: James Chang|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey Julius
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Andrea Maioli
Session Chair: Richard S. Denning|Alternate Chair: Jeff Gabor
Session Chair: Vaibhav Yadav|Alternate Chair: Douglas Osborn
