Speaker: Dr. Paul Lorenzini, Subject Matter Expert on Nuclear Engineering.

Dr. Lorenzini became the CEO of NuScale Power following its formation in 2007.  After earning a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Oregon State University, Dr. Lorenzini began his career with Atomics International, a division of Rockwell International in 1970. While working for Rockwell, Dr. Lorenzini earned a JD from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 1975. He left Rockwell in 1976 to join a law firm in Portland, Oregon. He re-joined Rockwell International in 1979. In 1984, he was appointed Vice President and General Manager of Rockwell’s Hanford Operations, a position he held until 1987. In 1987 he joined PacifiCorp, an electric utility company in Portland, Oregon, where he served in several executive management positions, including President of Pacific Power & Light; Chief Executive Officer, PacifiCorp Turkey; and CEO, Powercor Australia. He retired in September 2000.

In 2007, came out of retirement to co-found NuScale Power a firm that has radically altered conventional thinking on how to deploy new nuclear plants.  He retired as NuScale’s CEO in 2013.  Since then, he has served in several civic roles, among them as the Board Chair of the Oregon State University Board of Trustees.