Shahram Ghasemian Joins NuScale Power as Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary

Business Wire

5 days ago

CORVALLIS, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE: SMR), the industry-leading provider of proprietary and innovative advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology, today announced the appointment of Shahram Ghasemian as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective June 30, 2025.
Ghasemian is an experienced legal executive with a long tenure working across the energy industry and known as a trusted business partner adept at shaping and advancing corporate strategic goals. He joins NuScale from Centrus Energy Corp., where he most recently served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary. Before Centrus, Ghasemian held several leadership positions within the federal government from 2006 to 2020, including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and serving as a Senior Legislative Fellow on nuclear policy issues on Capitol Hill. He started his career in the nuclear energy sector in 1997 with Centrus' predecessor, holding legal positions of increasing responsibility and handling a wide range of issues, including litigation, employment, and compliance matters, as well as complex nuclear fuel sales and related agreements.
'I am thrilled to welcome Shahram to NuScale Power,' said John Hopkins, NuScale President and Chief Executive Officer. 'His broad expertise in legal, regulatory, compliance, and governance matters within the nuclear sector and the federal government will be a tremendous asset, as we pursue our mission to deliver safe, reliable, and clean energy solutions.'
Ghasemian said: 'Joining NuScale Power during this pivotal moment for the energy industry is an honor. With NRC-approved designs, NuScale is moving ever closer to deployment. The company's dedication to innovation and its leadership in providing safe, clean, and reliable energy solutions presents a remarkable opportunity to improve our collective quality of life and promote a sustainable future. I am eager to work alongside the talented team at NuScale to drive this important initiative forward."
Ghasemian holds a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
About NuScale Power
Founded in 2007, NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE: SMR) is the industry-leading provider of proprietary and innovative advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology, with a mission to help power the global energy transition by delivering safe, scalable, and reliable carbon-free energy. The NuScale Power Module™, the company's groundbreaking SMR technology, is a small, safe, pressurized water reactor that can each generate 77 megawatts of electricity (MWe) or 250 megawatts thermal (gross), and can be scaled to meet customer needs through an array of flexible configurations up to 924 MWe (12 modules) of output.
As the first and only SMR to have its designs certified by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NuScale is well-positioned to serve diverse customers across the world by supplying nuclear energy for electrical generation, data centers, district heating, desalination, commercial-scale hydrogen production, and other process heat applications.
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