ETEC News & Notes 12/17/2025
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No ETEC Meeting this Friday, Dec 19
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Sending you the warmest
wishes for a wonderful holiday season.
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* The ETEC office will be closed December 23-26 & January 1.
* We are also taking a brief break from our weekly e-newsletter, which will return on January 7.
* We can’t wait to kick off the New Year with you on Friday, January 9, 2026, featuring Matt Rasmussen, TVA’s Senior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer.
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December 19 - No meeting in honor of the Holiday Season
December 26 - No meeting in honor of the Christmas Holiday
January 2 - No meeting in honor of the New Year Holiday
January 9 - Matthew Rasmussen, Senior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer, TVA
January 16 - U.S. Congressman Chuck Fleischmann
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ETEC Annual Meeting & Awards Celebration
A sincere thank you to everyone who attended the 2025 ETEC Annual Meeting & Awards Celebration! We were privileged to hear from Lt. Governor Randy McNally, Mayors Warren Gooch and Terry Frank, Wade Creswell, and Susan Hubbard, along with our featured speaker, Dr. Lynne Parker. A highlight of the event was the 'Passing of the Bell' as Cortney Piper officially handed over to our new Chairman, Bill Tindal. And, a huge congratulations to our Muddy Boot Award winners, Andy Page and Bob Morris, and our Postma Young Professional Medal recipients, Ashley Golden and Kris Meyer.
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Regional Partner Event Links: January - February
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Science, Security & Environmental Management News
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Economic, Entrepreneurial & Tech Transfer News News
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Welcome to our New Members:
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Oklo
Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale, establishing a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes, and advancing nuclear fuel recycling to convert nuclear waste into clean energy. Oklo was the first to receive a site use permit from the U.S. Department of Energy for a commercial advanced fission plant, was awarded fuel from Idaho National Laboratory, and submitted the first custom combined license application for an advanced reactor to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Oklo is also developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Laboratories.
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SIDE Partnership LLC
SIDE Partnership LLC is a woman-owned small business based near Chattanooga. They support owners, utilities, national labs, and EPCs with project cost estimating, project controls, and nuclear staffing/augmentation. They have supported programs across the Southeast and understand the day-to-day needs of industrial and nuclear sites.
ReadyGoNuke.com is a workforce effort they created to help people step into nuclear careers. It combines free, basic online learning with a focused job board so candidates can learn the fundamentals and find openings in one place. Employers get applicants who have done the homework and are ready to contribute.
Together, SIDE Partnership and ReadyGoNuke connects companies and people.
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– John D. Rockefeller
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