Pathways for New Nuclear Development Proceedings of a Workshop (2025) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
Appendix C: Speaker Biographies
Appendix C: Speaker Biographies
Pages 75-90
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 75... ...
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.
|
From page 76... ...
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.
|
From page 77... ...
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 infrastruc ture needs for shutdown. Arnold is the chair of the Tribal Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee, shaping national policy and work ing closely with DOE's National Transportation Stakeholder's Forum.
|
From page 78... ...
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.
|
From page 79... ...
In this role, he is responsi ble 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.
|
From page 80... ...
Bumpaous currently serves as the spe cial assistant to the president of North America's Building Trades Unions for Nuclear Energy. He is a Washington State B uilding Trades Executive Board M ember, m ember of the H AMMER Federal Training Center's Steering Committee, member of the W ashington 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.
|
From page 81... ...
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.
|
From page 82... ...
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 assess ment for the Yucca Mountain repository, and licensing manager respon sible for receipt of construction authorization for the MOX Fuel Fabrica tion F acility.
|
From page 83... ...
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.
|
From page 84... ...
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.
|
From page 85... ...
, and the inaugural assistant extension professor (starting in 2023) at North Carolina State University's Department of Nuclear Engineering.
|
From page 86... ...
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
|
From page 87... ...
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.
|
From page 88... ...
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.
|
From page 89... ...
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.
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.