Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) recently appointed executives from Dominion Energy and BWX Technologies to the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority.
The selection of Eric Carr, Dominion’s president of nuclear operations and chief nuclear officer, and Scott Kopple, BWXT’s senior director of government relations was announced in a July 18 press release.
The nuclear authority was created by the Virginia legislature in 2013, according to its website. Nuclear power currently accounts for about a third of the commonwealth of Virginia’s electricity and 95% of its carbon-free power.
On the defense industry side, Virginia has a sizable role in the U.S. nuclear Navy operations, according to the website.
