Market Outlook Keynote Panel: Unleashing the potential of the US to become a nuclear powerhouse

16 Jun 2026
Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage
Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction

  • What utilities, EPC firms, OEMs, banks and policy makers see as both opportunities, risks and drivers or stallers of nuclear construction

  • Macro-drivers: energy demand, decarbonisation mandates, infrastructure needs

  • Utility investment decision timelines: what is required to reach FID in the next 3-5 years

  • Role of supply chain OEMs and EPCs in enabling cost vs schedule certainty

  • Perspectives from financiers: how risk perceptions are evolving

  • Global vs. domestic competition: what lessons from other countries (UK, Canada, Asia) can the USA draw on?

Speakers
Aaron Johnson
Aaron Johnson, SVP Nuclear - AECON
Ahmet Tokpinar
Ahmet Tokpinar, VP & GM - Nuclear - Bechtel
Craig Piercy
Craig Piercy, Chief Executive Officer - American Nuclear Society
Eric Williams
Eric Williams, COO - TerraPower
John Williams
John Williams, SVP Technical Services & External Affairs - Southern Nuclear Company
Mesut Uzman
Mesut Uzman, President & CEO - Fermi Nuclear LLC
Thomas Nixon
Thomas Nixon, SVP Markets & Strategy - Kiewit Nuclear