On Monday Hyperion Power Generation Inc. named longtime Duratek leader Robert Prince as the small reactor company’s new CEO.
Prince joins Hyperion after 22 years at Duratek and its predecessor GTS – a leader in the transportation, processing and disposal of radioactive material, according to a Hyperion release.
Hyperion, based in Santa Fe, N.M., was formed by former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists to develop small modular reactors that produce only 70 megawatts of thermal energy and can be easily moved and installed at a wide range of sites.
Power utility Entergy also announced an executive change Monday, tapping Randy Douet to head the company’s nuclear business development.
Douet will replace Kenneth Hughey who is retiring after three decades with Entergy that saw plant acquisitions, license-renewal contracts and the operation of the company’s 11 nuclear plants, according to an Entergy release. Previously, Douet worked as site vice president at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station near Port Gibson, Miss.
Louisiana’s River Bend Station vice president Mike Perito will take Douet’s place as Grand Gulf vice president, and River Bend general manager Eric Olson will be promoted to vice president at his site.