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Will be catching up with advanced and small reactor innovators in Atlanta

ByRod Adams

Nuclear Energy Insider, a UK based trade publication and conference organizer that shares an acronym name with the Nuclear Energy Institute, will be holding its 7th annual early spring event focusing on small and advanced reactors.

The Summit includes a face-paced, two day agenda on March 30-31. The venue is the conveniently located Westing Buckhead, far enough outside of downtown Atlanta to be readily accessible with nearby restaurants and evening entertainment establishments. Atlanta is close to the geographic center of the US nuclear energy deployment.

Aside: This meeting’s location is especially convenient for me. One of my USNA buddies lives in Buckhead, within a 10 minute drive of the Westin. End Aside.

I’ve attended the majority of the Nuclear Energy Insider’s advanced/small modular reactor gatherings. I’m looking forward to this year’s edition with some extra anticipation. I cannot wait to hear development updates from GEH, NuScale, Terrestrial Energy and Moltex. All of them should have news to report about their efforts to get their products approved for use.

I look forward to talking with NRC representatives about their recently released framework for advanced reactor licensing, hearing from Rita Baranwal about the future of the GAIN initiative and gaining insights from EPRI, Third Way, Nuclear Innovation Alliance and Nuclear Infrastructure Council.

Southern Company, Tennessee Valley Authority, Ontario Power Generation, UAMPS and Energy Northwest will provide updates on the power generation market, the challenges they face and the future prospects that they envision.

If you are planning to attend, please take the time to look me up and say hello. It’s always great to meet with readers face to face.

Atomic Insights is proud to be a media partner with Nuclear Energy Insider on this event.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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