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“The nuclear renaissance is real here,” said Ontario Power Generation’s Subo Sinnathamby on May 8, one year to the day after OPG secured a final investment decision to build the first of four planned BWRX-300 reactors at its Darlington nuclear power plant, and shortly after the new reactor’s foundation was lifted into place. “We got our license to construct in April and our [final investment decision] in May, and we’ve been off to the races since.”
November 7–11, 2010
Nuclear Progress!
Las Vegas, Nevada|Riviera Hotel
Pre-registration is closed; please register onsite.
Assistant General Chair:
Raymond H. Gabaldon III (Sandia National Laboratories)
Technical Program Chair:
Dr. Charles R. (Chip) Martin (Senior Engineer, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board)
General Chair:
Alvin W. Trivelpiece (Consultant)
Assistant Program Chair:
Charlotta E. Sanders (Principal Nuclear Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Company)
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Program Chair:
Dr. Shahram S. Sharafat (Adjunct Professor of Enegineering, University of California- Los Angeles)
Dr. Farrokh Najmabadi (Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California-San Diego)
Technical Program Chairs:
Alireza Haghighat (University of Florida)
Hash Hashemian (AMS Corporation)
Douglas Hill (AREVA NP)
Poong Hyun Seong (KAIST, Korea / KUSTAR, UAE)
General Chairs:
John O'Hara (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Joseph Naser (Electric Power Research Institute)
Honorary Chair:
Dr. Peter Lyons (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy)
General Co-Chairs:
Robert W. Atcher (University of New Mexico, Bioscience Div)
Mauro Bonardi (Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy)
J. David Robertson (University of Missouri Research Reactor Center)
Rolf Zeisler (National Institute of Standards and Technology)