"Nuclear Renaissance - Real Or Pipe Dream"
James (Jim) Scarola
Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Progress Energy
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Progress Energy Lecture Hall
(room 1202 Burlington Engr. Labs)
Reception at 3:30 p.m.
Seminar at 4:00 p.m.
RSVP with lisa.marshall@ncsu.edu
Visitor Parking: http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/trans/visitors/visitorPrkg.html
(Main Campus - Stinson Drive)
Abstract
Is the "Nuclear Renaissance" real or perhaps an over used term simply referring to an engineer's pipe dream? Jim Scarola, Progress Energy's Chief Nuclear Officer, will talk about what the nuclear renaissance means to his company, why there is a definite need for additional electricity in the Southeast and why Progress Energy is putting their money on nuclear.
Biography
James (Jim) Scarola is senior vice president and chief nuclear officer of Progress Energy. Scarola has been with Progress Energy since 1998, and has served as vice president of the Brunswick Nuclear Plant and as vice president of the Harris Nuclear Plant.
Immediately prior to joining Progress Energy, Scarola was general manager of FP&L's St. Lucie Nuclear Plant. He worked for 18 years at FP&L, and began his career in nuclear engineering at Combustion Engineering. In all, Scarola has been in the nuclear power field for 30 years, including positions in design engineering, construction, start-up testing, maintenance, engineering, and operations.
Scarola holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a master's degree in business administration from the Florida Institute of Technology. He has also completed the Darden Executive Management Program at the University of Virginia.
