Southern Nuclear
Phong Lam, PE, PMP, serves as the Engineering Outage Manager at Southern Nuclear since July 2022, acting as the engineering point of contact for the Outage Control Center and facilitating collaboration between test engineers and Westinghouse Engineering. Prior roles include Civil Design Senior Engineer and Field Services Senior Engineer at Tennessee Valley Authority, where responsibilities encompassed resolving civil/structural issues, preparing engineering design packages, and conducting seismic assessments. Phong Lam’s experience also includes roles as an EFIN Engineer and Seismic Fragility Engineer at Southern Nuclear, focusing on engineering assessments and seismic capacity evaluations for nuclear power plants. Early career contributions as a Structural Engineer focused on structural analysis and design in compliance with industry codes. Educational background includes a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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.