Andrew Campbell
Matt Miles
Andrew Campbell
Senior Manager of Transformative Innovation Initiatives
Tennessee Valley Authority
Matt Miles
Sr. Vice President, Marketing and External Affairs
Type One Energy Group, Inc.
Monday, September 9, 2024
11:30 a.m.
Crowne Plaza Hotel
401 W Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville
Price for buffet lunch is $15 (includes complimentary parking in the hotel garage).
If you plan to eat, please RSVP This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Friday, September 6 at noon.
If you choose not to eat, a charge of $7 will cover parking and event arrangements.
The formal meeting begins at 11:55 a.m.
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Bull Run Steam Plant was a coal fired power plant built in the 1960’s and retired December 1, 2023. When it started operation June 12, 1967, it was the world’s largest single boiler unit by volume of steam produced. It also was the only single-unit fossil plant in the TVA system. It ranked among the nation’s worst sulfur-dioxide polluters before TVA installed a wet-limestome scrubber that reduced its SO2 output by 95%.
The concept of fusion energy — first postulated in 1915 by Harkins and suggested in 1921 by Eddington as the primary source of stellar energy — has boggled human minds nearly twice as long as Bull Run was in service. The proponents of the planned stellarator hope it will become the first continuously operational fusion reactor, capable of generating up to ten times as much energy as needed to obtain and prepare the fuel and to keep the process going indefinitely.
Matt Miles has more than 25 years of experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors, including oil & gas, process, nuclear fission and most recently fusion. Prior to joining Type One Energy Group, Matt spent 7 years with General Fusion successfully leading efforts to craft public policy, establish DOE programs benefiting private sector companies (INFUSE, Milestone Program), develop the global enduser market, and guide appropriate regulatory frameworks for the fusion industry. Matt headed international sales for Generation mPower, a leading Small Modular Reactor company after successfully establishing a nuclear supply division within Edgen Murray Corp., a large, multinational steel supply company. Matt earned a BS in International Trade and Finance from Louisiana State University.
Andrew Campbell is leading TVA’s research and development efforts to achieve net-zero carbon emission goals through an initiative designed to develop feasible technology pathways to lower TVA’s grid carbon intensity. This effort involves considerable engagement of industry and academic research partners and other external stakeholders, as well as close coordination with Power Operations, Major Projects, R&D, Enterprise Planning and Environmental. The imitative develops strategic plans that recommend well timed demonstrations of significant high impact technologies to support TVA’s goals.
After graduating 2006 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Campbell became a river systems operations and environmental intern at TVA. From 2007 to 2011 he worked as a project engineer at Bowen Engineering on heavy industrial construction projects in the power industry; TVA being their main client.
In 2012 he rejoined TVA as a field engineer for interim risk reduction projects at Widows Creek Fossil Plant. He advanced through increasingly responsible positions in operations, management and planning up to Operations Manager for TVA’s 120-person Kingston Fossil Plant Powerhouse Operations before promotion to his present position in 2021.
Type One Energy Group is bringing stellarators to the global energy market by applying proven innovations in advanced manufacturing methods, modern computational physics and high-field superconducting magnets. Their FusionDirect program sets the path to directly commercialize scientifically mature stellarator technology without the need for a large proof-of-concept prototype. Credit: Type One Energy Group
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