Appendix C

Speaker Biographies

ABDALLA ABOU-JAOUDE is a recognized authority on advanced reactor technology, holding a pivotal role at Idaho National Laboratory. He is currently leading the “MARVEL” reactor, the first Department of Energy (DOE) advanced reactor demonstration effort in four decades. This microreactor is expected to lay the foundation for future commercial deployment. Prior to that, Abou-Jaoude served as the deputy national technical director of the DOE Systems Analysis and Integration program. In that role, he co-led a large campaign spread across six national laboratories that addresses system-wide, socioeconomics, and cost/schedule topics relating to nuclear technology. Previously, he was the advanced reactor research integrator with a broad research portfolio across seven DOE programs on topics stemming from molten salt technology, nuclear technoeconomics, and multiphysics simulation. He most notably led a first-of-a-kind fueled salt irradiation experiment. He earned his PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and his master’s in engineering from Imperial College London.

AARON ABRAMOVITZ serves as the executive vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer for Georgia Power. In this role, he oversees all of the accounting and finance functions of the company including financial reporting, regulatory accounting, financial planning, analysis, and enterprise risk management, as well as pricing and planning. He also serves on the company’s management council. Prior to his current role, he served as Southern Nuclear’s vice president of business operations leading

project controls, risk management, budgeting and reporting, and commercial analysis and controls for Vogtle Units 3 and 4. He has more than 20 years of Southern Company experience in project governance, financial markets, regulatory matters, and other functions. Abramovitz began his career at Southern Company Services in 2002, supporting financial strategy and decision support. From there, he held a series of positions at several Southern Company subsidiaries in the areas of financial analysis, financial planning, project management and forestry, and right of way. He also served as the director of investor relations for Southern Company, working to enhance Southern Company’s value proposition within the financial markets, while fostering effective two-way communication between the investment community and the company’s leadership. In addition, he provided leadership in building and improving Southern Company’s shareholder outreach efforts when environmental, social, governance, and sustainability were becoming areas of increased focus for the investment community and company stakeholders. He serves on the boards of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc., and the Georgia Power Company Foundation and is a member of the board of trustees for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society Georgia-South Carolina region. He is also the executive sponsor for both Georgia Power’s Wellbeing Champion Network and the company’s Hispanic/Latino employee resource group, Amigos. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with majors in finance and management information systems from the University of Georgia.

FARAZ AHMAD is on Amazon’s Global Clean Energy team, the center of excellence covering all of Amazon’s businesses globally with the mission to ensure accessible, affordable, and sustainable power for Amazon’s global operations. Ahmad is head of Net Zero Electricity and focuses on Amazon’s Net Zero Electricity approach and on strategy and implementation for Amazon’s portfolio. In 2019, Amazon made its Climate Pledge to be net zero across all scopes by 2040. Amazon has now been the world’s largest corporate buyer of renewable electricity for 5 consecutive years. Previously, Ahmad was the head of strategy, business development, and mergers and acquisitions for NextEra Energy’s retail division, which serves residential, commercial, and industrial energy users across the United States. In this role, he was responsible for driving strategy and profitable growth (increased operating income by more than a factor of three), evaluating all venture capital investments and executing all acquisition transactions. During his tenure, he oversaw NextEra launch of business ventures in home energy optimization and expansion into energy consulting. His prior professional experience consists of a senior role with General Electric, a management consultant role at Boston Consulting,

and engineering roles at British Nuclear Fuels, bp plc, and Cambridge Silicon Radio plc. Ahmad was selected by the World Energy Council’s Future Energy Leaders program 2017 as one of the top energy professionals in the world. He has authored a number of publications related to UK energy policy and has spoken on various podcasts and conferences on developments in grid decarbonization. He is a fellow of the Energy Institute and a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology. He holds a first-class bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical and information engineering from Cambridge University (United Kingdom) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

RICHARD ARNOLD is Southern Paiute from Pahrump, Nevada, and spokesperson for the Consolidated Group of Tribes and Organizations (CGTO). The CGTO is comprised of 16 Tribes from Nevada, California, Utah, and Arizona that focus on expanding government-to-government interactions with federal and state agencies. He has written and coauthored numerous articles and worked on nuclear initiatives, including the DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project; the Transportation External Coordination Working Group, and DOE’s Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown Site Evaluation Team, where he examines technology and infrastructure needs for shutdown. Arnold is the chair of the Tribal Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee, shaping national policy and working closely with DOE’s National Transportation Stakeholder’s Forum. He is also the chair of the Office of Nuclear Energy-Nuclear Energy Tribal Working Group where he guides discussions with participating Tribes on domestic and international research and development that have the potential to impact Tribal lands or interests. In 2022, Arnold was appointed as the first Native American to the Office of Nuclear Energy-Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee providing Tribal insight on research and development of technology, security, transportation, storage, and siting activities relating to the nuclear fuel cycle and interests of Tribal communities. He serves on DOE’s State and Tribal Government Working Group that focuses on clean-up activities throughout the DOE Complex.

JONATHAN BARR served as the assistant director for nuclear energy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for the Biden administration from October 2023 until January 2025. In this role, he led domestic nuclear energy policy efforts and was lead author for the first-of-its-kind U.S. strategy for safely and responsibly expanding nuclear energy. Prior to this, Barr spent more than 17 years in various positions of increasing responsibility at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), where he led many high-visibility projects regarding nuclear

power safety, licensing, economics, and policy. Barr holds a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and a master’s degree from MIT, both in materials science and engineering, and an MBA from the University of Maryland.

CHRISTI BELL is the associate vice chancellor and executive director of the Business Enterprise Institute at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Bell is a seasoned economic and energy development leader with more than three decades of experience empowering communities through innovative solutions. As a founding member of the Idaho National Laboratory’s Emerging Energy Market Analysis, she has been instrumental in advancing pathways for deploying advanced nuclear technologies. Her work supports energy resilience in remote, industrial, and Arctic settings, bridging research with actionable strategies. Bell oversees a portfolio of programs, including the Alaska Small Business Development Center, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Cooperative Development Center, Center for Economic Development, and APEX Accelerator. Under her leadership, these initiatives address Alaska’s unique challenges while fostering economic growth and community resiliency. With master’s degrees in natural resources management and business administration, Bell’s expertise spans advanced energy systems, strategic planning, and stakeholder collaboration. She has contributed to the Idaho National Laboratory Frontiers Initiative, focusing on energy innovation for Alaska, Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho. She is a respected advocate for sustainable development, and her work emphasizes the integration of advanced nuclear technologies to address global energy needs.

OLIVIA M. BLACKMON has more than 20 years of professional experience in critical infrastructure, regional innovation, partnership development, and business operations. She earned her doctoral and master’s degrees in sociology with a concentration in education and statistics from George Mason University and was an Education Writers Association fellow for education policy at Harvard University. Blackmon is currently the director for the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) STEM Accelerator and Partnership for Nuclear Energy, a national initiative to strengthen America’s global leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by unifying and mobilizing a comprehensive body of leaders from various sectors to address the critical challenges in the nuclear energy education, training, and workforce development issues across the United States. In addition, Blackmon is the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)-White House Anchor Partner to oversee diversity, equity, inclusion, and access for national higher education. She is also a Fulbright Specialist, specializing in energy

infrastructure in 11 African countries. Prior to joining ORAU, Blackmon directed a $30 million U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) program for DAI, Inc., to enable the digital transformation of the Western Balkans, Black Sea Region, and South Caucasus by working with the national governments, critical infrastructure operators, private-sector partners, academia, and oversight bodies to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities across critical infrastructure sectors. Over the past decade, Blackmon has successfully built and managed programs totaling more than $130 million with multiple federal agencies including the Department of Defense, Department of State, National Science Foundation, USAID, Department of Health and Human Services, and National Institute of Standards and Technology.

WAYNE BLAYLOCK is a commercial director for Dow Chemical Company’s Energy and Climate business. In this role, he is responsible for leading business activities related to Project Long Mott, Dow’s advanced nuclear reactor project with X-energy and DOE. Project Long Mott is developing four Xe-100 reactors to be located at Dow’s Seadrift site in Texas, providing steam and electricity for Dow’s manufacturing operations. Blaylock has led commodity fundamentals analysis and business development activities for Dow’s Feedstocks business for the past 10 years, after joining Dow’s Research and Development organization in 2011. He holds a PhD in chemical engineering from MIT and a BS from Tennessee Tech University. He began his career as a nuclear process design engineer at the Y-12 National Security Complex prior to obtaining his graduate degree.

TRACY BOATNER is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the East Tennessee Economic Council (ETEC), an independent nonprofit organization that unites industry, government, and academia to drive collaboration in energy, science, national security, and research, to promote regional growth and opportunities. Working with partners like the Tennessee Valley Authority, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Y-12 National Security Complex, ETEC’s Nuclear Working Group organizes an annual Nuclear Opportunities Workshop (NOW). NOW gathers hundreds of attendees from across the nation each year to feature Tennessee’s expertise in all things nuclear and to drive interest in the state’s robust nuclear industry. Boatner has been with ETEC for nearly a decade and was promoted to president and CEO in 2022. She serves as a fellow of the University of Tennessee’s Center for Energy, Transportation, and Environmental Policy at The Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs. Her community leadership roles include board chair of United Way of Anderson County, board member of the YWCA of Greater Knoxville,

Leadership Knoxville Class of 2012, Leadership Oak Ridge Class of 2016, past president of Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, and board member of Center for Leadership and Community Development.

NICKOLAS A. BUMPAOUS is the current president of the Central Washington Building and Construction Trades Council and the business manager for United Association Local 598, Plumbers and Steamfitters in Pasco, Washington. In these roles, he has been an outspoken advocate for working families and policies that benefit construction tradesmen and women. He has worked closely with the Washington legislature and U.S. Congress on numerous issues, most recently to assist in the development of advanced nuclear energy production, the dignified treatment for sick Hanford workers, family wage jobs, apprenticeship opportunities, and continued federal funding for next-generation energy production and the U.S. Hanford Mission. Bumpaous currently serves as the special assistant to the president of North America’s Building Trades Unions for Nuclear Energy. He is a Washington State Building Trades Executive Board Member, member of the HAMMER Federal Training Center’s Steering Committee, member of the Washington State Labor Council’s DOSH Committee, and in 2019 was appointed by General President Mark McManus to serve on the United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters National Political Engagement Committee. In 2024, he was proud to serve Washington State Governor-Elect Bob Ferguson as a member of his gubernatorial transition team. Bumpaous serves on the board of directors for the United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties, MyTri 2030 Council member of the Tri-Cities Regional Chamber of Commerce, board of directors for the statewide non-profit Hanford Challenge, and is a proud member of Plumbers and Steamfitters Bikes for Tikes, a nonprofit which has built and donated more than 14,000 bicycles to underprivileged children in Washington State.

STEPHEN D. COMELLO is the senior vice president of strategic initiatives at the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) Foundation and managing director of its Energy Futures Finance Forum. In early 2025, he was appointed the executive director of the Nuclear Scaling Initiative, a collaboration among the EFI Foundation, the Clean Air Task Force, and the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Previously, he served as a faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business for more than a decade, co-leading the Rapid Decarbonization Initiative. With a 23-year career dedicated to scaling emerging energy and environmental technologies, Comello specializes in policy and business model innovations. His expertise spans technoeconomic analysis, policy and project finance, corporate strategy in the energy transition, and open innovation. Comello

holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical and industrial engineering from the University of Toronto and a PhD in civil and environmental engineering from Stanford University.

MICHAEL L. CORRADINI is an emeritus Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He served from 1995 to 2001 as the associate dean for the College of Engineering and as department chair from 2001 to 2011. Corradini has published widely in areas related to vapor explosion phenomena, jet spray dynamics, and transport phenomena in multiphase systems. From 1978 to 1981, he served as a member of the technical staff of Sandia National Laboratories. In 1998, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Corradini has also served as a presidential appointee in 2002–2023 as chair of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (a separate government agency). From 2004 to 2008, he served as a board member of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations’ National Accreditation Board for Nuclear Training. In 2006, he was appointed to the NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards and was elected to the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. In 2010, Corradini was appointed the chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the French Atomic Energy Agency. He began and served as the director of the Wisconsin Energy Institute (2006–2016). He was elected as the president of the American Nuclear Society (2012–2013). Corradini received his BS in mechanical engineering from Marquette University and his MS and PhD in nuclear engineering from MIT.

CHAD EATON is the director of government affairs at Nucor Corporation. In his position, Eaton oversees implementation of Nucor’s public affairs policies and leads the company’s energy and environmental public policy efforts as the largest recycler in North America. He also manages Nucor Corporation’s relationship with multiple state legislative associations, as well as its third-party business and industry associations at the state level. Eaton joined Nucor in 2017 as the company’s state government affairs manager, advocating the corporation’s policies and legislation impacting Nucor’s more than 32,000 teammates and 300 locations at the state and local level. In 2020, he was promoted to his current role of director of government affairs. Prior to joining Nucor, Eaton was the manager of federal government affairs at the Duke Energy Corporation. He also previously served as the director of public affairs in the Office of U.S. Representative Heath Shuler, and he has held associate pastor positions in Baptist churches in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama. Eaton graduated with a BS from Samford University.

TREVOR FALK joined North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) in 2021 and currently serves as the special assistant to the president for energy policy. In this role, he works to advance policies and projects in the energy sector, which accounts for nearly 50 percent of all hours worked by NABTU’s 3 million members and remains one of the strongest areas of growth for the unionized construction industry. Prior to joining NABTU, Falk worked for the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) as the deputy executive director of government affairs advocating on behalf of NECA’s 4,000 signatory electrical contractors in the United States. He has held various positions in the political arena, spending time structuring and implementing fundraising campaigns for multiple members of Congress and working as a policy analyst for the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. He holds a master’s degree from George Mason University and a bachelor’s degree from The Catholic University of America.

BARRY FLETCHER is a retired vice president of nuclear engineering at Newport News Shipbuilding. As vice president, Fletcher was responsible for new construction and overhaul nuclear engineering, production trades involved with reactor fuel handing, radiation health, and emergency response planning. He worked in the U.S. Naval nuclear program for 38 years, from 1979 to 2017. Since retirement, he has been a consultant for NuScale Power and currently chairs the NuScale Technical advisory board. Fletcher also assisted the American Bureau of Shipping in the preparation of the recently issued Nuclear Power Systems for Marine and Offshore Applications.

PETER HASTINGS is the vice president of regulatory affairs and quality at Kairos Power, LLC, and leads teams responsible for licensing and permitting activities, safety analysis and probabilistic risk assessment, quality assurance, and government affairs with a focus on establishing the regulatory basis for Kairos Power’s reactor technology. Hastings previously ran a successful management and regulatory consulting firm and held prior positions as the director of licensing and regulatory affairs for Generation mPower, licensing manager for Duke Energy’s Nuclear Plant Development Division, and licensing and design-center lead for NuStart Energy Development, LLC. Hastings’s background includes work as a reactor engineer responsible for startup testing and fuel performance monitoring, design engineer on the Monitored Retrievable Storage facility, manager in safety assurance and performance assessment for the Yucca Mountain repository, and licensing manager responsible for receipt of construction authorization for the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility. Hastings earned his BS in nuclear engineering from North

Carolina State University. He is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina and South Carolina.

DIAHANN HOWARD was named Port of Benton’s executive director in December 2019. Howard previously served as the Port of Benton’s director of economic development and governmental affairs. Before joining the Port in 2006, she was the economic development manager for the City of Richland. Howard earned a Professional Port Manager (PPM®) certification in 2019 and was named a Port Professional Executive (PPX®) by the American Association of Ports in 2023. During her 19 years at the Port of Benton, Howard’s efforts have resulted in more than $28.2 million in grant and legislative funding. Additionally, under her leadership, the Port administers the VERTical Innovation Cluster. VERTical is working with industry to solve supply chain, workforce and other challenges to accelerate the deployment of next-generation nuclear energy. Howard currently serves on the Washington State Community Aviation Revitalization Board, the Eastern Washington University President Advisory Board, and others. In 2018, she was appointed to DOE’s Environmental Management Advisory Board to provide expert advice on intergovernmental and stakeholder engagement, contracting, management, large project planning, and risk assessment. Previously, she served as the Richland Rotary president from 2017 to 2018 and was named Rotarian of the Year in 2012. Howard holds a BS in international affairs from Eastern Washington University. She is the first female to hold the Port of Benton executive director position and the first executive director with Latina heritage among the 75 port districts within Washington State.

MICHAEL KING is currently coordinating the NRC’s implementation of the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act as the special assistant to the executive director for operations. Previously, he was the deputy office director for reactor safety programs and mission support, overseeing the licensing and inspection programs for the 94 power reactors operating in the United States. King joined the NRC in 2005 in the Region II office in Atlanta, Georgia, and subsequently served as the resident inspector at Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant in North Carolina. Since joining the Senior Executive Service in 2016, he has held several senior management positions, including the director of the Vogtle Project Office, where he led the licensing and inspection programs for the construction and startup of Vogtle Units 3 and 4 near Augusta, Georgia, the first newly constructed nuclear power reactors in the United States in more than 30 years. Before joining the NRC, King worked for General Electric Energy in Marietta, Georgia, and served in the U.S. Navy as a Nuclear Engineer qualified

Submarine Officer. King received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech, and an MBA from George Washington University.

JAMES KRELLENSTEIN is a physicist by training and his expertise spans nuclear reactor design analysis, nuclear regulation, and nuclear project management. He has studied the construction experience of more than 100 nuclear power plants in the United States and around the world, with a focus on analyzing how construction costs and schedules are inflected by different reactor technologies, nuclear vendors, engineering, procurement and construction firms, and utility management structures. His nuclear project management and regulatory expertise earned him a seat on the White House’s Nuclear Deployment Task Force for the Biden administration, where he advised the executive branch on U.S. nuclear strategy. As part of this work, he contributed significantly to DOE’s Advanced Nuclear Liftoff Report. Krellenstein has supported private-sector clients in the nuclear industry in the areas of reactor licensing, nuclear project financing, and nuclear fuel acquisition.

STEPHEN KUCZYNSKI is the recently (mid-2024) retired CEO and president of Southern Nuclear Operating Company. Upon completion and placing in service Vogtle Units 3 and 4, Kuczynski concluded a 13-year tenure at the Southern Company. During that period, he was the lead executive that assumed the responsibility to complete the Vogtle project (Advanced Passive 1000) after the Westinghouse bankruptcy in 2017. Prior to Southern, Kuczynski spent 27 years of increasing leadership roles at Exelon. These included obtaining a Senior Reactor Operating License from the NRC early in his career with the last role being senior vice president of engineering and technical services for the Exelon nuclear fleet. Over his career, Kuczynski has participated in new reactor deployment efforts via industry working groups and numerous advisory roles with nuclear development companies. His expertise includes major project development and execution, operational excellence, and organizational effectiveness. Currently, Kuczynski is an independent consultant providing advisory services for select opportunities that currently include The Nuclear Company and the Dow Chemical Company.

GIORGIO LOCATELLI is a professor at Politecnico di Milano, leading the major “Complex Projects Business” at the School of Management. Since 2006, he has studied large and complex infrastructure projects and programs, particularly in the nuclear sector. He spent 2012–2022 in the United Kingdom, having prominent roles in shaping the UK nuclear

small modular reactor program, including co-authoring the documents “A Report to Her Majesty’s Government by the Expert Finance Working Group on Small Nuclear Reactors Market Framework for Financing Small Nuclear” and “Small Modular Reactors—Can Building Nuclear Power Become More Cost Effective?” He was a steering committee member for the UK Nuclear Project Management Specific Interest Group. Locatelli attracted more than €1.7 million in research funds and, since 2020, has been included every year in the Stanford-Elsevier list of the world’s top 2 percent of scientists. He acts as a trainer and advisor for public and private organizations. Locatelli has authored more than 160 international peer-reviewed Scopus index publications (mostly on nuclear and complex projects) with more than 4,400 citations. He won the 2023 International Project Management Association Global Research Award. He is the editor-in-chief of the Project Management Journal and sits on the editorial boards of Progress in Nuclear Energy, International Journal of Project Management, and Construction Management and Economics.

LISA MARSHALL is the president of the American Nuclear Society and has been an active member, with leadership roles, since 2005. With more than 22 years of engineering education experience spanning pre-college to graduate studies, she is the inaugural director of outreach, retention, and engagement (starting in 2001), and the inaugural assistant extension professor (starting in 2023) at North Carolina State University’s Department of Nuclear Engineering. Marshall is co–principal investigator or education outreach director on DOE-funded consortia. She teaches in the First-Year Engineering Program, co-directs the Study Abroad Program in Engineering and Social Sciences, and serves on the Working Council for the Women in Science and Engineering Program. She is the chair of the Association of Women Faculty. Marshall is a member of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Council of Advisers, NEA High-Level Group on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector, and chairs the NEA Global Forum Working Group on Building a Pipeline of STEM Professionals.

RICHARD A. MESERVE is senior counsel in the Washington, DC, office of Covington & Burling LLP. He is the president emeritus of the Carnegie Institution for Science and former chair of the NRC. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Council of Foreign Relations; he is a fellow of the American Physical Society and AAAS, and a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Early in his career, after obtaining a PhD in applied physics from Stanford University and a JD from Harvard Law School, he served as a law clerk to Supreme Court

Justice Harry A. Blackmun and as legal counsel to the President’s Science Adviser. Among other activities, he is the former president of the board of overseers of Harvard University and the former chair of the International Nuclear Safety Group (chartered by the International Atomic Energy Agency). He has chaired or served as a member of a wide variety of studies undertaken by the National Academies, including as the chair of a recently completed study of advanced reactors and as the co-chair of the National Science, Technology, and Security Roundtable.

MARCUS NICHOL is the executive director of new nuclear at the Nuclear Energy Institute, which he joined in 2011. In this role, he leads industry’s efforts to improve the policy, regulatory, and business environment for new and advanced reactors. Nichol has previously worked for Duke Energy, Toshiba America Nuclear Energy, and Transnuclear in the areas of used nuclear fuel management, operations, and new plant projects. He holds degrees in nuclear engineering from Purdue University and the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the University of North Carolina.

RYAN NIELSON is a vice president in Citi’s Clean Energy Transition Group in Houston, Texas. He began his career with the U.S. Navy as a nuclear power research project officer in Washington, DC (2011–2016) where he was responsible for reactor design, maintenance, operation, and disposal in Los Angeles Class submarines. Nielson previously worked at Credit Suisse in the Energy and Infrastructure investment banking group from 2018–2021. His advisory experience includes work with the Carbon Free Power Project in 2023 and with the Texas Pacific Land Trust in 2021. He holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, an ME in nuclear engineering from Pennsylvania State University, and a BS in mechanical engineering from Brigham Young University.

M. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN has served Duke Energy for 18 years, assuming his role as the vice president of new nuclear generation strategy and regulatory engagement in 2022. In this role, he is responsible for planning for advanced nuclear generation development to support the company’s transition to net-zero carbon emissions. Previously, Nolan served as the vice president of regulatory affairs, policy, and emergency preparedness, where he was responsible for these programs for nuclear generation. He also worked as a licensing manager in nuclear plant development, where he was responsible for managing licensing, site characterization, and project development activities for new nuclear interests in Duke Energy’s Carolinas and Midwest service territories. Nolan started his career at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in the naval nuclear propulsion

plant program for General Electric Company. He also worked as a senior design engineer at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant for 9 years prior to working at the NRC for 9 years. At the NRC, Nolan held positions of increasing responsibility in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, and the Office of Enforcement. He was the chief of the New Reactors Environmental Projects Branch in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation when he joined Duke Energy in 2006. Nolan is a graduate of the University of Maryland, earning a BS in mechanical engineering and an MS in engineering management. He is also a registered professional engineer in the commonwealth of Virginia.

JESUS M. NÚÑEZ is a senior structural engineer at Bechtel, bringing more than 16 years of experience in the design and technical support of various high-profile projects, including nuclear plants, transmission and distribution lines, chemical weapons processing facilities, and DOE facilities. He is the co-founder and CEO of The Nuclear Alternative Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating communities about the technological advancements in small modular reactors and microreactors. His expertise spans structural design and providing technical guidance during the construction phase of these projects. Núñez holds a master’s degree in civil engineering with a specialization in structures from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, and is professionally licensed in both Puerto Rico and the state of Maryland. Currently, he serves as a lead structural engineer for the Natrium project, an advanced nuclear reactor being developed in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

ERIK NYGAARD is the director of product development for BWXT Advanced Technologies, LLC, a subsidiary of BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT), which is the sole manufacturer of nuclear reactors for the U.S. Navy. Nygaard is responsible for the development of new products for Advanced Technologies, LLC, which includes commercial microreactors, data science technologies, and advanced manufacturing techniques. The products being developed by Nygaard’s organization include the company’s 50 MW commercial microreactor, BANR. Previously, he served as the director of research and engineering, leading the organization’s design and technology development efforts for customers like NASA and the Department of Defense. Additionally, he previously served as the director of isotope research and development, overseeing the development of the company’s groundbreaking medical isotope technology. Nygaard has also served BWXT as the product line manager responsible for the development of isotope technology, a nuclear engineer in the company’s Advance Reactors and Engineering group and a safety analysis

engineer and test engineer for mPower™, BWXT’s Generation III++ small modular reactor project. He holds three U.S. patents and two pending for propriety technologies associated with medical isotope production. Nygaard holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he was licensed by the NRC as a student operator.

ALLEN OTTO is a managing director on Guggenheim Securities’ Power’s Utilities and Renewables team and covers a number of utility, nuclear power, and renewable energy accounts for Guggenheim. Otto has 24 years of merger and acquisition and corporate finance transaction experience both as an independent advisor and in principal in-house roles. Otto has completed more than $50 billion of strategic advisory assignments across the energy and infrastructure value chain for clients in the following sectors: regulated utilities, nuclear power technology and services, independent power and renewables, renewable fuels, and competitive retail energy marketing. Recent transaction experience includes acting as exclusive financial advisor to the following companies: Oklo, in its $850 million combination with AltC Acquisition Corp.; X-energy, in its $235 million Series C financing involving Ares Management; Renewable Energy Group, in its $3.2 billion sale to Chevron; and NuScale, in its $1.9 billion combination with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. Otto received a BA in physics from Hamilton College where he graduated summa cum laude.

MARK SHAVER is a leader in the nuclear field with experience in management, regulatory affairs, policy, and engineering. He currently serves as the director of regulatory affairs at NuScale Power, where he leads the Regulatory Affairs and Licensing Department, which has projects for both U.S. and international licensing applications, as well as other initiatives. Shaver has been at NuScale for more than 10 years in various roles of leadership. Previously, he worked at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a nuclear engineer and project manager, specializing in reactor analysis, radiation detection, and national security technology. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan and Oregon State University, respectively, where he was awarded election to the Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineer Alumni.

LUCIA TIAN leads Google’s team responsible for developing and scaling advanced clean energy technologies through strategic investments, offtake, and partnerships, to achieve Google’s global 24/7 carbon-free energy and net zero goals. Prior to Google, Tian served as the senior advisor to DOE’s chief commercialization officer and as the chief strategist for

the Loan Programs Office, driving the Pathways to Commercial Liftoff effort to inform DOE’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act investments. Previously, Tian built and led strategy and analytics functions across public, private, and nonprofit organizations, including at the American Civil Liberties Union and McKinsey & Company. She holds a dual BS in electrical engineering and computer science and BS in economics from MIT and an MA in economics from Harvard University.

MATTHEW WARREN is an international representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), bringing years of experience and expertise to his role. Having spent much of his career in the commercial nuclear power sector, he stanchly advocates the unique benefits of the nuclear industry. In addition to being a representative of the members employed in the nuclear energy sector, he also maintains responsibility for other forms of emerging and conventional energy matters including business development, workforce development, and regulatory affairs. As an international representative, Warren continues to leverage his knowledge of the commercial nuclear sector and his passion for worker advocacy to support IBEW members and strengthen the IBEW mission of improving working conditions while working with industry partners to secure economic opportunity for electrical workers in North America.

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