NEW SPEAKERS CONFIRMED FOR ECA FORUM ON NEW NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT
- Dr. Ashley Finan, Director of the National Reactor Innovation Center
- Christine King, Director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
- Dr. Todd Allen, Founding Director of the University of Michigan’s Fastest Path to Zero Initiative
- Mayor Rebecca Casper, Idaho Falls, ID
- Mayor Bill Thek, Kemmerer, WY
- John Pfeffer, Town Supervisor of Ashford, NY
- Kristy Hartman, Director of Stakeholder Strategy & Engagement at the Nuclear Energy Institute
- U.S. Department of Energy leadership
- And more!
To better understand how to match potential host community strengths and needs with those of advanced nuclear project developers, ECA’s Energy Communities Forum on Hosting New Nuclear Development will:
- Provide a venue for nuclear technology and project developers to meet and interact with interested potential host communities, with exhibition booth spaces and separate, small meeting room availability.
- Share lessons learned from communities and developers hosting nuclear power facilities or federal nuclear missions and outline what local government needs to understand and should consider as potential hosts for nuclear projects.
- Facilitate discussions to better understand the outlook for new nuclear development and provide realistic timelines for local governments and economic development entities looking at siting, regulation, public-private partnerships and how to build support from the ground-up.
The agenda will also feature five case studies on new nuclear development in Idaho Falls, Idaho; Richland, Washington; Kemmerer, Wyoming; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and Portsmouth, Ohio with presentations by the teams – from the developer, utility, local government, and local economic development entities – on progress being made and the challenges that remain.
For questions - including discounts for ECA members and local governments - please contact Sarah Templeton, ECA Program Manager, at saraht@energyca.org.
About the Energy Communities Alliance (ECA):
ECA is a non-profit membership organization of local governments adjacent to or affected by U.S. Department of Energy activities. The mission of ECA is to bring together local government officials to share information,
establish policy positions, and promote community interests to address an increasingly complex set of constituent, environmental, regulatory, and economic development needs. Additional information is available at www.energyca.org. |
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