Southern Nuclear
Shawn Shaler currently serves as the Managing Director for Southern Nuclear Services, a subsidiary of Southern Company, since January 2020, leading a team in providing consulting services for new nuclear development to stakeholders and nuclear operators globally. Previously, Shawn held various roles at Southern Company from January 2005 to January 2023, including Contract and Commercial Strategy Director for the Plant Vogtle Unit 3&4 project, Site Construction Manager overseeing construction oversight of the plant, Assistant Site Construction Manager for the Plant Stanton Unit B Combined Cycle Plant, and Regional QA/QC Supervisor responsible for quality assurance programs across multiple power plant projects. Shawn holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Baker University.
Southern Nuclear
Southern Nuclear operates a total of seven units for Alabama Power and Georgia Power at the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Ala.; the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley, Ga., and the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Ga. The company recently achieved commercial operation on Vogtle Unit 3 and is the current licensee of Vogtle Unit 4, which is under construction. Both of these units represent historic achievements for the nuclear industry as the first new nuclear units to reach commercial operation and be built in the United States in the last three decades.