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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
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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.
Monday, November 16, 2020|6:00–7:30PM EST
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84971865596?pwd=VGFwdHFvWmpWUFR3R2hoREthV0g1dz09
Listen to lightning talks about fuel cycle analysis, molten salt reactors, and extended storage & transportation of used nuclear fuel. Keep your Bingo Card (to be provided) close at hand and listen for those key words! Yes, there will be prizes—The first three to get BINGO will earn gift cards to Starbucks, Amazon, and Chick-Fil-A! After the lightning talks, stay and break out into smaller, more dynamic groups for small roundtable discussions and to network with like-minded ANSers.
Andrei Rykhlevskii (University of Illinois)
Prakash Narayanan (Orano)
Ted Besmann (University of South Carolina)
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