NOW 2024 Speakers
Notable Speakers
Rita Baranwal
Senior Vice President
Westinghouse Electric Company
Former Assistant Secretary, Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Hash Hashemian
President and Chief Executive Officer
Analysis and Measurement Services
Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
American Nuclear Society President-Elect
Maria Korsnick
President and Chief Executive Officer
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
Ken Rueter
President and Chief Executive Officer
United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR)
Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
Brian Smith
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Reactors, Office of Nuclear Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Gregory Young
Deputy Commissioner
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), Bureau of Environment
Speakers & Panelists
Olivia Blackmon
Director, STEM Accelerator and Partnership for Nuclear Energy (PNE)
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
Molly Cripps
Director, Bureau of Environment, Office of Energy Programs
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC)
Joe Heckman
President, Waste Management
EnergySolutions
Chairman of the Board
East Tennessee Economic Council
J. Wesley Hines
Postelle Professor, Chancellor's Professor, and Head
Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
Prashant Jain
Interim Section Head, Advanced Reactor Engineering & Development, Nuclear Energy & Fuel Cycle Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Brad Johnson
Special Assignment, Nuclear Battery Initiative, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Chris Jones
President and Chief Executive Officer
Middle Tennessee Electric
Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
Bob Morris
President and Founding Principal
Robert Morris Consulting
Chair
ETEC Nuclear Working Group
Don Moul
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
Teresa Robbins
Manager, Y-12 Field Office
National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
Jeff Smith
Vice President for National Labs
University of Tennessee System
Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
Braden Stover
Chief Policy Officer
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, State of Tennessee
Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
Rob Taylor
Deputy Office Director, New Reactors, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Krista Wiegand
Professor & Director, Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs
University of Tennessee Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs
Martin Williamson
Senior Director of Global Security and Strategic Partnerships
Consolidated Nuclear Security
Brian Wirth
Governor’s Chair Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
