• Corporate strategy
• Capital allocation
• Organizational restructuring
• Construction management
• Performance improvement
• Regulatory strategy and assistance

Ashok S. Bhatnagar was named Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction in TVA on April 30, 2007.  Mr. Bhatnagar leads TVA’s effort to study and develop new nuclear generation for meeting the growing demand for power in the Valley.  He is responsible for the completion of Watts Bar Unit 2, all licensing and project development activities at Bellefonte, large strategic projects and used fuel management planning.

Mr. Bhatnagar joined TVA in 1999 as Site Support Manager of Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in Athens, Alabama.  In 2000, Mr. Bhatnagar was named Browns Ferry Plant Manager and in 2001, he was named Browns Ferry Site Vice President.  He provided general management and oversight of all operations activities for the site, including engineering, modifications, operations, maintenance, site support, security, business services, and training. 

In 2004, Mr. Bhatnagar was named Senior Vice President Nuclear Operations in TVA Nuclear.  As Senior Vice President Nuclear Operations, Mr. Bhatnagar was responsible for managing and directing the operations and operations support activities at TVA’s Browns Ferry nuclear operating site including the restart of Unit 1 in 2007.

Bhatnagar has 30 years experience in the nuclear industry, with an extensive background in engineering and operations.  He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University, is a graduate of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations Senior Nuclear Plant Management Course, and earned a senior reactor operator’s license at Catawba Nuclear Station.

Sandy Rupprecht is Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Strategy in the Nuclear Power Plants business unit of Westinghouse Electric Company. He is responsible for the global licensing strategy and implementation for the AP1000™. He is also responsible for the long-term growth strategy for the AP1000 in the global market place.

Sandy has been with Westinghouse Electric Company for 29 years, serving in areas of increasing responsibility. Most notably, from 1997 until 2003, he was Vice President of the Engineering Service business. From 2003 to 2008, Sandy served as Vice President of the U.S. Fuel business. From 2008 to 2009, as Vice President of Strategy and Product Management, Sandy was responsible for developing the global growth strategy of the Nuclear Fuel business unit.

Sandy is a 1981 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering. In 1997, he received an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. Sandy is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania.

Brian A. McIntyre is the Project Director for AREVA’s U.S. EPR Design Certification Project. In this position he is responsible for coordinating the engineering and licensing activities that will result in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issuing a design certification for AREVA’s EPR nuclear power plant design.

Prior to joining AREVA, Mr. Mcintyre held management positions in project management and regulatory affairs at American Electric Power’s Donald C. Cook nuclear plant.

Before joining AEP, Mr. Mcintyre spent over 28 years working for Westinghouse Electric Company. While at Westinghouse, Mr. Mcintyre was responsible for the safety and licensing for the AP600 nuclear plant design. This was the first nuclear plant approved by the NRC that relied on passive features to provide emergency core cooling and post-accident containment cooling. Prior to the AP600 assignment, Mr. McIntyre held positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of accident analysis and product licensing for Westinghouse.

Mr. McIntyre is a registered professional engineer in the State of Michigan and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He has a PMP certification from the Project Management Institute, is a member of ASME and has served on a number of NEI, NUMARC and INPO committees.

Mr. McIntyre received his BSME and MSME degrees from Purdue University.

John Simmons is senior vice president of nuclear operations for URS’s Power Group.

Mr. Simmons has more than 31 years of design, construction, construction management, and project management experience.  His project/ program management background includes industrial plants, commercial construction, power plants, and technical programs. His experience includes projects at coal, gas turbine, and nuclear power plants.

Mr. Simmons currently is responsible for all nuclear operations, including new nuclear plants, services to existing plants, major component replacements not performed by joint venture SGT, and commercial nuclear decontamination and decommissioning. From 2003 through 2005, Mr. Simmons was senior vice president of operations for SGT in its Charlotte, NC corporate office.  In this position, his responsibilities included planning, staffing, processes, and bottom line execution of eleven successful SGT steam generator and reactor vessel head replacement outages.

Mr. Simmons was a project manager for SGT assigned to Constellation Energy’s Steam Generator Replacement Project at Unit 2 of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant near Lusby, Maryland.  The outage set a world record for breaker-to-breaker duration for a CE NSSS SGR. Prior to that, Mr. Simmons was Project Manager for a $500M international consortium responsible for designing and constructing the 1250 MW Ilijan Combined Cycle Project near Batangas City, Philippines. The project was concurrently designed in the US, Japan and Korea and was the first MHI 501G gas turbine plant to operate outside of Japan.

Mr. Simmons’ previous nuclear experience includes various technical and management positions with engineering and construction companies for Watts Bar Unit 1, Clinton Power Stations, South Texas Project, and WPPSS Units 3 and 5.

URS Corporation is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a broad range of planning, engineering and architectural design, environmental, construction, program and construction management, systems integration, operations and maintenance, management and a wide range of specialized technical services for the U.S. federal government, state and local government agencies, Fortune 500 companies and other multinational corporations. URS provides services for transportation, hazardous waste, industrial infrastructure and process, petrochemical, general building, water/wastewater, military facilities and equipment platforms, and defense and security programs. Headquartered in San Francisco, the Company operates through three divisions: the Washington Division, the URS Division, and the EG&G Division. URS Corporation has approximately 55,000 employees in a network of offices in more than 30 countries.

• Leads the Power & Infrastructure Team at John Hancock with a portfolio  of $16 billion, and an established position as a leading investor in both public and private financing markets for the power industry
• A frequent speaker on financing conditions for the power industry, has addressed groups including Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, State Utility Regulators, Electric Power Supply Association, the American Council on Renewable Energy, and numerous utility and independent power conferences.
• Prior to joining Hancock in 2001, worked in the New York and London offices of JP Morgan Chase, where he led teams that advised on or arranged more than US$ 8 billion in debt financing for the power industry, including both corporate and project debt, in both developed and emerging markets.

Brant Meleski joined Merrill Lynch's Global Energy & Power Group as an Associate in 1997, and currently focuses his attention on U.S. Utilities. Brant’s strategic transaction experience includes advising Cinergy Corp. in their $14 billion merger with Duke Energy, co-advisor to Reliant Energy in its $975 million divestiture of the NYC assets, Reliant Resources on its $4.9 billion acquisition of Orion Power, Carolina Power & Light on its $8.0 billion acquisition of Florida Progress and several other transactions where he advised management teams and board of directors.

Brant led several underwriting mandates as a bookrunner, including American Water’s $1.4 billion initial public offering, three subsequent equity offerings totaling approximately $2.1 billion and a $1.5 billion inaugural debt offering. Additionally he was a lead underwriter on Duke Energy’s $2.0 billion equity and equity linked financing, Reliant Energy’s Retail Credit Sleeve that relieved more than $1.0 billion of capital commitments for the Company, Progress Energy’s $3.2 billion inaugural debt offering and $506 million equity offering, and Duke Capital’s $1.5 billion global notes offering.

During business school and prior to joining Merrill Lynch, he worked in the Corporate Finance Department of Southern Company. Brant received a M.B.A. from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and graduated with a B.S. in Finance from Clemson University.