Millennial Nuclear Caucus June 2019 Photos and Agenda

Dan Stout, director of Nuclear Technology Innovation, TVA, with Spencer Klein, SMR associate project manager, TVA, in a Nuclear Flash Tech Talk.

Keynote speaker Alan Icenhour, Ph.D., associate laboratory director, Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate, ORNL.

Wes Hines, Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering Department head at the University of Tennessee, and grad student John Pevey during a Nuclear Flash Tech Talk.

The Honorable Randy McNally, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Tennessee, with an attendee at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, during the mixer event.

Speakers and panelists, left to right: Bob Van Hook; Chris Deir, Ontario Power Generation; Tommy Morgan, UCOR ORNL: Jacob Houser, Ph.D., AMS Corp.; Spencer Klein, TVA; Marc Nichol, NEI; Mason Baker, UAMPS; Michelle Harstine, DOE|NE – ORNL; Dan Brown, Ph.D., X-Energy; Jim Campbell, ETEC; Craig Piercy, ANS; Carmen Bigles, Coqui RadioPharmaceuticals; Alan Icenhour, Ph.D., ALD Nuclear Directorate, ORNL; Wes Hines, Ph.D., University of Tennessee; Lt. Governor Randy McNalley; Bill Tindal, CNS-Y-12 National Security Complex. Not pictured: Dan Stout, TVA and SMR Start; John Pevey, Ph.D. Candidate UT; Dom Claudio, NuScale; Matthew Herold, graduate, nuclear engineering, UT; Dan Stout, TVA and SMR Start; Megan Houchin, CNS Y-12 and Lean Six Sigma; Kurt Terrani, Ph.D., ORNL; Sherri Buchanan, ORNL.

At the opening mixer, students with Marc Nicol, NEI; Chris Deir, Ontario Power Generation; and Jim Campbell, East Tennessee Economic Council.

Nuclear Flash Tech Talk leader Dan Stout of TVA in his opening message during the mixer.

The Nuclear Flash Tech Talks between five "seasoned" nuclear professionals and their younger counterparts kept everyone engaged and smiling!

Bill Tindal, site manager of the CNS Y-12 National Security Complex, welcomes everyone to the New Hope Center at the Y-12 for the caucus.

Millennial hosts' opening message, "Setting the Stage": Sara Davis, UT nuclear engineering M.S. student; and Katelyn Bennett, UT energy science and engineering Ph.D. student.

Dr. Alan Icenhour, associate lab director for the Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate at ORNL, gives the keynote address.

Panel 2, "Enabling New Nuclear": Kurt Terrani, Ph.D., ORNL (moderator); Wes Hines, Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering Department head at the University of Tennessee; Sherri Buchanan, ORNL; Dan Brown, Ph.D., X-Energy; and Jacob Houser, Ph.D., AMS Corp.

Panel 3, "Oak Ridge Nuclear Projects": Jim Campbell, president, ETEC (moderator); Carmen Bigles, Coqui RadioPharmaceuticals; Megan Houchin, Lean Six Sigma manager, CNS Y-12; Spencer Klein, TVA; and Tommy Morgan, UCOR.

Attendees at the networking sessions and visiting exhibits.

Walking through a reactor with a V/R headset at the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy exhibit.

Proud to be Women in Nuclear!

Food, fun and fabulous exhibits bring everyone together.

At the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy exhibit, special assistants from ORNL, Barbara Snow and Julie Ezold, with Michelle Harstine, emcee and senior advisor, Stakeholder Engagement, DOE|NE – ORNL.

Kurt Terrani, Ph.D., senior staff scientist and Nuclear Fuels Materials group leader, ORNL.