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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Hash Hashemian: Visionary leadership
As Dr. Hashem M. “Hash” Hashemian prepares to step into his term as President of the American Nuclear Society, he is clear that he wants to make the most of this unique moment.
A groundswell in public approval of nuclear is finding a home in growing governmental support that is backed by a tailwind of technological innovation. “Now is a good time to be in nuclear,” Hashemian said, as he explained the criticality of this moment and what he hoped to accomplish as president.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
He graduated from the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Hanyang University in 1995. He completed PhD degrees in Nuclear Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2019. He joined Korea Electric Power Research Institute in 1997 and had performed the fluid system design, safety analysis of APR1400 and contributed to acquisition of a Design Certification from Korea regulatory body in 2002. Then, he moves to Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power, the government owned sole nuclear utility in Korea. In KHNP, he works as a technical manager for APR1400 USNRC DC project and got a design certification in 2019. Currently, he works as a director of innovative-SMR development project funded by Korea government. Also, he is a vice-chair of thermo-hydraulic division of Korean Nuclear Society.
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