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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Mike Kramer: Navigating power deals in the new data economy
Mike Kramer has a background in finance, not engineering, but a combined 20 years at Exelon and Constellation and a key role in the deals that have Meta and Microsoft buying power from Constellation’s Clinton and Crane sites have made him something of a nuclear expert.
Kramer spoke with Nuclear News staff writer Susan Gallier in late August, just after a visit to Clinton in central Illinois to celebrate a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Meta that closed in June. As Constellation’s vice president for data economy strategy, Kramer was part of the deal-making—not just the celebration.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, November 12, 2025|1:00–2:45PM EST|Cardozo
Session Chair:
Qi Heng Law
Alternate Chair:
Charles Forsberg
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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Nuclear Heat Storage for Ancillary Services Including Grid Stabilization
1:00–1:20PM EST
Charles W. Forsberg (MIT), John Parsons (MIT)
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A Parametric Comparison of Pillow-Plate and Helical Coil Exchangers for Pumped Thermal Energy Storage
1:20–1:40PM EST
Anna Iskhakova (KSU), Blayne Gibson (Kansas State), Ross Brown (Kansas State University), Cory Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Cost Analysis of Nuclear Energy Integrated Large-Scale Solid Oxide Electrolysis Plants
1:40–2:00PM EST
Jacob H. Prosser (Strategic Analysis, Inc.), Micah J. Casteel (INL), Tyler L. Westover (INL)
Evaluating Thermal Impact of Loss of Intermediate Fluid for Hydrogen Producing Molten Chloride Fast Reactor Integrated Energy System
2:00–2:20PM EST
Emily Meilus (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (University of Tennessee Knoxville)
Long-term Strategies for Powering data centers with Nuclear Energy: Hybrid Nuclear and Natural Gas Operation and Colocation with Data Centers
2:20–2:40PM EST
Paul R. Seurin (INL), Wen-Chi Cheng (INL), Jason K. Hansen (INL)
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