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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Monday, October 6, 2025|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Cumberland South
Session Chair:
Uffe Bergmann
Alternate Chair:
Kan Sakamoto
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Mechanical Effects of Hydrogen on Cladding Material: Results of a Hot Cell Investigation
3:15–3:40PM CDT
Kevin Mon (Framatome, Inc.), Viorel I. Arimescu (Nufology PLus, LLC), John W. Beale (EPRI)
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Assessing PCI Deconditioning Rate for BWR Fuel from Post-irradiation Measurements
3:40–4:05PM CDT
Daniel Jädernäs (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Paul Blair (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), David Schrire (Studsvik Nuclear AB), Clara Anghel (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Amarilys F. Oquendo (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), David Palko (Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB), Daniel Larsson (Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB), John W. Beale (Electric Power Research Institute)
Investigation of the Correlations between BWR Cladding Hydrogen Uptake and Fuel Rod In-Reactor Operating Parameters
4:05–4:30PM CDT
Brita Helmersson (Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB), Jean-Marie Le Corre (Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB), Jenny Eliasson (Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB), Erik Angland (Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB), Magnus Limbäck (Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB), Zaheen Shah (Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB)
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