WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) announces the election of Kelly Trice, president of nuclear generation and decommissioning at Holtec International, to its Board of Directors. The election took place during the NEI Board of Directors meeting on May 14, 2024.
Mr. Trice specializes in large-scale engineering, procurement and construction programs. He has over thirty-five years of executive management experience with full profit and loss responsibility of several large companies. In his current role, Mr. Trice is responsible for the repowering of Palisades Power Plant; the design, licensing, and deployment of Holtec’s SMR-300 small modular reactor units domestically and internationally; and the ongoing decommissioning of Oyster Creek Generating Station (BWR), Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (BWR) and Indian Point Energy Center (three PWRs). He is also an executive committee member serving on the Finance and Accounting Committee overseeing the finance and accounting department for the company. Mr. Trice is a graduate of the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Program. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a master’s in business administration from the University of New Mexico.
Mr. Trice joins 13 board members who were re-elected for another three-year term:
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Mason Baker, CEO and general manager, UAMPS
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Robert Coward, principal officer, MPR Associates
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Malcolm Critchley, president and CEO, ConverDyn
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Jacob DeWitte, CEO, Oklo
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Jack Edlow, president, Edlow International
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Seth Grae, president and CEO, Lightbridge
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John Hopkins, chairman and CEO, NuScale Power
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Michael Lempke, president, nuclear and environmental group, Huntington Ingalls Industries
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Jean-Luc Palayer, president and CEO, Orano USA
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Charles Pardee, president and chief generation officer, Terrestrial Energy
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Kirk Schnoebelen, advisor, Urenco USA
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Amir Vexler, president and CEO, Centrus Energy
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Katherine Williams, CEO, Framatome
During the board meeting, NEI also re-elected four members to its Executive Committee:
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Jim Burke, president and CEO, Vistra Corp
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Patrick Fragman, president and CEO, Westinghouse Electric Company
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Chris Levesque, president and CEO, TerraPower
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Drew Marsh, chair of the board and CEO, Entergy Corp
The NEI Board of Directors is composed of executives from companies that hold licenses to operate nuclear energy facilities and representatives of other companies involved in commercial nuclear technologies.
