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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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From operator to entrepreneur: David Garcia applies outage management lessons
David Garcia
If ComEd’s Zion plant in northern Illinois hadn’t closed in 1998, David Garcia might still be there, where he got his start in nuclear power as an operator at age 24.
But in his ninth year working there, Zion closed, and Garcia moved on to a series of new roles—including at Wisconsin’s Point Beach plant, the corporate offices of Minnesota’s Xcel Energy, and on the supplier side at PaR Nuclear—into an on-the-job education that he augmented with degrees in business and divinity that he sought later in life.
Garcia started his own company—Waymaker Resource Group—in 2014. Recently, Waymaker has been supporting Holtec’s restart project at the Palisades plant with staffing and analysis. Palisades sits almost exactly due east of the fully decommissioned Zion site on the other side of Lake Michigan and is poised to operate again after what amounts to an extended outage of more than three years. Holtec also plans to build more reactors at the same site.
For Garcia, the takeaway is clear: “This industry is not going away. Nuclear power and the adjacent industries that support nuclear power—and clean energy, period—are going to be needed for decades upon decades.”
In July, Garcia talked with Nuclear News staff writer Susan Gallier about his career and what he has learned about running successful outages and other projects.
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August 23–27, 2009
14th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems
Virginia Beach, VA
August 2–5, 2009
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo
"Back to the Future"
Amelia Island, FL|Amelia Island Plantation
June 14–18, 2009
2009 ANS Annual Meeting
Advancing Nuclear Technology for a Greater Tomorrow
Atlanta, GA
May 10–14, 2009
2009 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP '09)
Tokyo, Japan|Keio Plaza Hotel
May 4–8, 2009
Ninth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerator Technology
Vienna, Austria
May 3–7, 2009
2009 International Conference on Mathematics, Computational Methods and Reactor Physics
Saratoga Springs, NY
April 12–15, 2009
Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management IV
Hilton Head, South Carolina
April 6–10, 2009
8th International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC VIII)
Kailua-Kona, HI
April 5–9, 2009
6th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation Control and Human Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2009)
Knoxville, TN
March 30–April 3, 2009
National Hydrogen Association Annual Meeting
Columbia, South Carolina
February 10–12, 2009
Space Nuclear Systems Forum (SNSF-09)
Houston, TX|Lunar and Planetary Institute
February 8–11, 2009
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education (CONTE '09) and Vendor Technology Expo
Education, Training & Workforce Development - The Global Path to the Nuclear Energy Future
Jacksonville, FL|Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Hotel
November 9–13, 2008
2008 ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo
Nuclear Power - Ready, Steady, Go
Reno, NV|Grand Sierra Resort & Hotel
October 19–22, 2008
2008 Water Reactor Fuel Performance Meeting
Seoul, Korea
International Workshop on Asian Nuclear Prospect
Kobe, Japan
October 13–17, 2008
The 16th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (16PBNC)
Pacific Partnership toward a Sustainable Nuclear Future
Aomori, Japan
September 28–October 2, 2008
Decommissioning Challenges: an Industrial Reality?
Avignon, France
Eighteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy
San Francisco, CA
September 28–October 1, 2008
4th International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology (HTR-2008)
Washington, DC
September 20–26, 2008
International Youth Nuclear Congress 2008 (IYNC 2008)
Interlaken, Switzerland
