Co Author: Keynote Address: US Decommissioning Market and Opportunities

Maria Korsnick is president and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute, the nuclear industry’s policy organization in Washington, D.C.

Drawing on her engineering background, hands-on experience in reactor operations and a deep knowledge of energy policy and regulatory issues, Korsnick aims to increase understanding of nuclear energy’s economic and environmental benefits among policymakers and the public.

Before joining NEI, she was senior vice president of Northeast Operations for Exelon, responsible for overseeing operation of the Calvert Cliffs 1 and 2, R.E. Ginna, and Nine Mile Point 1 and 2 nuclear power plants.

Before Exelon, Korsnick served as chief nuclear officer (CNO) and acting chief executive officer at Constellation Energy Nuclear Group. She began her career at Constellation in 1986 and held positions of increasing responsibility, including engineer, operator, manager, site vice president, corporate vice president, and CNO.

Korsnick holds a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Maryland, and has held a Senior Reactor Operator license.

Co Author: What Today’s Decommissioning Business Models Mean for the US Nuclear Industry (part one)

Mr. Bilovsky is Director, Deputy Decommissioning Officer for Southern California Edison where he leads the spent fuel transfer and decommissioning oversight at SONGS. As a 20+ year nuclear industry veteran, he has spent most of his career in spent fuel management and decommissioning with previous positions as Executive Vice President for Siempelkamp Nuclear, where he was responsible for the Zion RV & RVI segmentation; and as Deputy Director General with Holtec where he was responsible for the initial phases of the Chernobyl spent fuel disposition project. He holds BS and MS degrees in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State, and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.

Co Author: What Today’s Decommissioning Business Models Mean for the US Nuclear Industry (part two)

Jeff Dunlap is the manager of Decommissioning for Exelon. In this role he is responsible for the implementation of decommissioning trust fund NRC reporting, cost estimation, and the cost reimbursement process. He is also responsible for Governance and Oversight of the Decommissioning Management Model Process. This includes the development of procedures, and oversight of the implementation of the decommissioning planning process at Exelon’s sites preparing for decommissioning
Jeff has 24 years of experience working in the nuclear power industry, including positions in Safety Analysis, Fuel Procurement, and Project Management. He has a BA from Augustana College, an MS in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Illinois, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Co Author: Progress Toward Transportation, Packaging, and Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Pamela Gorman Prochaska is the Director of Nuclear Policy and Strategy for Xcel Energy. Pam began her career with Xcel Energy almost 30 years ago in the operations department at the Prairie Island nuclear plant. During the first half of her career she spent time in various plant positions including project management, regulatory, communications and training.

In 2008 she moved to the operations side of the company and was the Community and Government Relations Manager for Southeast Minnesota. Two years ago Pam came back to nuclear in her current role where she interfaces with governmental and industry organizations at all levels that enact, implement or influence policies that impact Xcel Energy’s nuclear power plants and used fuel storage.

Pam is a graduate of the University of Minnesota- Duluth where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Secondary Math Education.

Co Author: Regulatory Oversight of Decommissioning Trust Funds

Mr. Greg Halnon is the FirstEnergy Vice President Nuclear Regulatory Affairs and President & CNO of GPU Nuclear.

Mr. Halnon began his career in 1981 as a system engineer for the fossil fleet at Florida Power Corporation in St. Petersburg Florida. He later moved into nuclear as a system engineer for the Crystal River Nuclear Plant in HVAC and mechanical-thermal systems. Mr. Halnon has over 30 years in engineering, operations, regulatory affairs, quality, and line management of nuclear power stations. He has held two Senior Reactor Operator licenses and is a registered professional mechanical engineer in the states of Florida and Ohio.

In his career;
Mr. Halnon has served as a plant general manager, general engineering manager and quality director at various nuclear units and fleets. He has served on several Small Modular Reactor advisory boards and chaired two Industry SMR Consortiums.

Greg presently serves as the nuclear regulatory officer for FirstEnergy Corp. He is also responsible for the leadership of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 decommissioning and Post Defueled Monitored Storage. He has served 7 terms as the National RUG chairman and 3 years as executive sponsor of the industry Reactor Oversight Process Taskforce.

Mr. Halnon received his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Central Florida after doing undergraduate agricultural technology research at Virginia Tech. He completed the INPO Senior Plant Managers Professional Development in 1997. He is a qualified ABET accreditation evaluator and a life member of the American Nuclear Society.

Co Author: Where State and Local Governments Fit in the Decommissioning Process

Eric Howes is the Director of Public and Government Affairs for Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company located in Wiscasset, Maine. Mr. Howes has been with Maine Yankee since 1993 working in the areas of federal, state, media, and community relations. He was instrumental in the formation of the Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel which continues to be active 20 years after its inception in 1997. Mr. Howes was with Maine Yankee the last few years of plant operations, through plant decommissioning, and now for over 10 years of stand-alone Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation operations. Prior to Maine Yankee Mr. Howes served seven years as a State Office Representative for Maine’s United States Senator William S. Cohen. Mr. Howes holds a Master’s Degree in public policy from the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service.

Co Author: What Today’s Decommissioning Business Models Mean for the US Nuclear Industry (part two)

Rounette K. Nader is the Director of License Renewal and Decommissioning at Duke Energy. Nader is responsible for nuclear license renewal projects and decommissioning strategies for the Duke Energy fleet.

Prior to becoming Director of License Renewal and Decommissioning, Nader held positions in Oconee engineering, license renewal, new nuclear plant development, business planning and strategy, and nuclear policy since joining the company in 1992.

Nader earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina and is a registered Professional Engineer in South Carolina.

Co Author: Lessons Learned from Completed and Active Decommissioning Programs

Mr. Norton started his nuclear career as the Construction Manager at Maine Yankee in 1991 and held various management positions at the Plant during the operations and shutdown of the facility. Mr. Norton led the decommissioning of Maine Yankee, Connecticut Yankee and Yankee Rowe as well as the development of their respective dry fuel storage facilities. Of his 26 years of nuclear power plant operational and project management experience, the last 20 years have been associated with commercial nuclear decommissioning and spent fuel management. Mr. Norton has spent the last 16 years in the positions of President, CEO and Chief Nuclear Officer at Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co., Yankee Atomic Electric Company and Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company.
Mr. Norton serves as the Chair of the Decommissioning Plant Coalition; is a member of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI’s) Board of Directors and the NEI Integrated Used Fuel Management Working Group; is a member of the SONGS Nuclear Oversight Board and the Chair of the Fort Calhoun Decommissioning Oversight Committee.
Mr. Norton has a B.S. Engineering from Maine Maritime Academy.

Co Author: Where State and Local Governments Fit in the Decommissioning Process

Anthony Roisman was appointed Chairman of the Public Utility Commission by Governor Phil Scott for a six-year term beginning on June 12, 2017. At the time of his appointment he was consulting with attorneys on environmental litigation, public participation before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and state regulatory agencies, and on the admissibility of expert testimony in complex litigation. In addition to his experience with energy, he has extensive experience litigating claims for injury from exposure to toxic substances. He has also served as Senior Staff Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council (1977-1979), Chief of the Hazardous Waste Section and Special Litigator for Hazardous Waste in the Lands and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (1979-1982), and Executive Director of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (1982-1987). He has been an Adjunct Professor and Research Fellow in Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College and lectures frequently with the American Law Institute and others on expert witness admissibility and environmental law. He is a 1960 graduate of Dartmouth College and 1963 graduate of Harvard Law School.