Nuclear Energy Industry Leaders Will Gather in Arizona May 19-21
18 April 2014 - 2:30AM
Hundreds of nuclear energy industry leaders will convene May 19-21
in Scottsdale, Ariz., to discuss the technology's global value and
engage in policy discussions on trade, market and other issues at
the Nuclear Energy Institute's annual conference, the Nuclear
Energy Assembly. The morning of May 22, a ribbon-cutting ceremony
will be held at the Phoenix facility that is one of two regional
response centers being established this year as part of the nuclear
energy industry's post-Fukushima safety enhancements. NEI's annual
conference and the ribbon-cutting ceremony are open to the news
media. The Nuclear Energy Assembly convenes as significant progress
is being made in the construction of five reactors in the
Southeastern United States and more than 70 reactors worldwide. At
the same time, competitive challenges face some U.S. facilities as
historically low natural gas prices, electricity market
deficiencies and other factors have contributed to some premature
nuclear plant retirements over the past year. NEA will be held at
The Westin Kierland, 6902 E. Greenway Parkway in Scottsdale, with
presentations and panel discussions beginning 8 a.m. Mountain time
May 20; the conference concludes noon May 21. Several business,
government and public policy leaders will address the conference:
- Marvin Fertel, president and chief executive officer, Nuclear
Energy Institute
- John F. Young, president and CEO, Energy Future Holdings, and
chairman, Nuclear Energy Institute
- Christopher M. Crane, president and CEO, Exelon Corp., and vice
chairman, Nuclear Energy Institute
- Donald E. Brandt, chairman of the board, president and CEO,
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
- Allison Macfarlane, chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
- Colette Honorable, chairman, Arkansas Public Service
Commission, and chairman of the board and president, National
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
- Former U.S. Sens. Evan Bayh and Judd Gregg, co-chairs, Nuclear
Matters
- Ambassador Ronald Kirk, co-chair, Clean and Safe Energy
Coalition
- R. Nicholas Burns, former undersecretary of state for political
affairs, U.S. Department of State
- Dr. David Victor, professor, University of California-San
Diego, and coordinating lead author, IPCC Fifth Assessment
Report
- Robert Stone, director, "Pandora's Promise"
- Lawrence Makovich, vice president and senior advisor for global
power, IHS CERA
- William Mohl, president, wholesale commodities, Entergy
Corp.
- Anthony Earley, chairman, CEO and president, PG &E
Corp.
- David Christian, CEO, generation, Dominion Generation
- Gerry Anderson, chairman, president and CEO, DTE Energy
- Caroline Reda, president and CEO, GE Hitachi Nuclear
Energy
- Daniel L. Roderick, president and CEO, Westinghouse Electric
Co.
- John L. Hopkins, chairman and CEO, NuScale Power, LLC
- Michael A. McMurphy, executive vice president, strategy and
institutional relations, Areva, Inc.
- Joachim Specht, head of nuclear development, E.ON
Nuclear energy provides nearly 20 percent of U.S. electricity
supplies and more than 60 percent of the electricity supplied by
low-carbon sources. U.S. nuclear facilities produced an estimated
789 billion kilowatt-hours last year, a 2.6 percent increase from
2012 at a cost below that of other sources of generation.
Credentialed press is invited to attend the Nuclear Energy Assembly
and the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the regional response center.
For a registration form or additional information, please contact
Steve Kerekes at 202.739.8073 or John Keeley at 202.739.8020. The
Nuclear Energy Institute is the nuclear energy industry's policy
organization. Additional information about nuclear energy is
available at www.nei.org.
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