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Senate Interim Study

Possible Expansion in Oklahoma of Electricity Generated by Nuclear Energy

Subject Identify legislative, policy and budgetary changes that could eliminate regulatory, workforce or education barriers in order to expand nuclear energy facilities.
Date
Time 9:00am
Location ,
  1. REVISED TO ADD SPEAKER

    AGENDA:

    Interim Study 2023-13

    Nuclear Power Plants

    Requestor: Senator Nathan Dahm

    Interim Study 2023-61

    Possible Expansion in Oklahoma of Electricity Generated by Nuclear Energy

    Requestors: Senator Dave Rader and Representative Brad Boles

    Interim Studies 2023-13 and 2023-61 being run together

    1. Welcome and Opening Statement - Senator Rader

    2. Nuclear Energy as Source for Electrical Production - Background, History, and Possibilities - Ken McQueen, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment

    3. Nuclear Energy Technology Advances - Dr. Steven Biegalski, Chair of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Program at Georgia Institute of Technology.

    4. Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Update/Applications - Marc Nichol, Executive Director for New Reactors Nuclear Energy Institute

    5. Possible Sites for a Generator - Brian Sherrick, Vice President, Shared Services, Generation, American Electric Power

    6. A Regional Perspective - Kelly Riley, Director of Resource Planning, OG&E

    7. A Perspective from Private Industry - Adam DeMella, GE Vernova, consultant

    8. Closing Comments - Representative Boles and Senator Dahm

    Interim Study 2023-56

    Electricity

    Requestor: Senator Dana Prieto

    9. Opening Remarks - Senator Prieto

    10. Lyoid FussellĀ  - Co-Founder & President of Engineering at FW Consulting

    11. Jesse Webb - Engineering at FW Consulting

    12. Robert Hefner - Founder of Hashpower

    13. Charlie Spears - Founder of Nakamotor & Strategy and Founder of Luxor Tech

    14. BJ Crocker - Founder/President of BitGlobal Energy Inc.

    15. Chris RandsDell - Vice President of Oklahoma Blockchain Council and Advisor at GioDell Syndicate

    16. Storm Rund - President, Oklahoma Blockchain Council and Chief Operating Officer, Red Dirt Mining

    17. Todd Hagopian - Chief Operating Officer, Player One Energy

    18. Closing Remarks

    19. Other business