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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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1:00–3:10PM EST
Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Session Chair: David Rasmussen
Session Chair: Arkady Serikov
Session Chair: Xin Xiao
3:40–5:50PM EST
Session Chair: Peter Titus
Session Chair: Dennis Youchison
Session Chair: Juan Caneses
12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair: Robert Duckworth
Session Chair: Anita Poore
Session Chair: Greg Wallace
2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair: Joseph Petrella
Session Chair: Daniel Andruczyk
Session Chair: Yutai Katoh
4:50–6:30PM EST
Session Chair: Arnie Lumsdaine
Session Chair: David Senor
Session Chair: Lauren Garrison
Session Chair: Yuhu Zhai
Session Chair: Tim Bohm
Session Chair: Ales Necas
Session Chair: R. Patrick White
Session Chair: Sergey Smolentsev
Session Chair: Peter Dugan
Session Chair: Nicholas Santoro
Panel|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Session Chair: Ales Necas|Alternate Chair: Abbey Goodman
12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair: Oleg Zikanov
Session Chair: Trey Gebhardt
Session Chair: Zeke Unterberg
2:30–4:15PM EST
Session Chair: Andrew Seltzman
Session Chair: Phil Ferguson
