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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.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Advanced Modeling Applications
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Fausto Francescini (Westinghouse)
Alternate Chair:
David Kropaczek (ORNL)
Track Organizer:
Scott Palmtag (NCSU)
Staff Producer:
William Dawn (NC State Univ.)
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Naval Nuclear Laboratory / CASL Collaborations
Brian N. Aviles (Naval Nuclear Laboratory - KAPL), Daniel J. Kelly (BMPC), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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VERA Benchmarking of PWR Startup and Steady State Operation
Gary Mangham (Westinghouse Electric Company LLC), Andrew Godfrey (ORNL), James Eller (ORNL)
Results of VERA Application to the AP1000® PWR Startup
Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC), David A. Salazar (Westinghouse Electric Company), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2 Startup Experience
Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC)
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