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Fermi America™ Chief Nuclear Construction Officer Mesut Uzman Addresses NRC Regulatory Information Conference 2026, Showcasing Project Matador's Position as America's Most Advanced Nuclear Build
Project Matador Holds the Only Active Combined Operating License Application Accepted by the NRC in More Than 15 Years — Greenlight by NRC to Break Ground
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[{"type":"text","content":"Project Matador Holds the Only Active Combined Operating License Application Accepted by the NRC in More Than 15 Years — Greenlight by NRC to Break Ground ImmediatelyFermi America's Nuclear Program Advances in Lockstep with President Trump's Executive Orders to Restore American Nuclear LeadershipUzman Highlights Strategic Partnerships with Westinghouse, Hyundai E&C, and Doosan as Necessary to Lock Up Long Lead Time Assets and Deliver 4.4 GW of New Nuclear on Time, on BudgetAMARILLO, Texas, March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fermi Inc. (d/b/a Fermi America) (NASDAQ & LSE: FRMI), operating as Fermi America™, in partnership with the Texas Tech University System (TTU System), today announced that Mesut Uzman, Chief Nuclear Construction Officer of Fermi America, took the stage at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Regulatory Information Conference (NRC RIC 2026) in Rockville, Maryland — the nation's premier annual forum where nuclear policy, regulation, and industry execution converge.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\"We are answering the President's call to jumpstart America's nuclear renaissance,\" said Mesut Uzman, Chief Nuclear Construction Officer of Fermi America. \"The only site construction-ready today, we have secured the talent, the only active large nuclear power plant COL application in progress with the NRC, and the best global nuclear partners in Hyundai E&C and Doosan Enerbility, given their track record of building dozens of reactors successfully across the globe.\"\"China is building 30+ reactors today,\" added Fermi America CEO Toby Neugebauer. \"Fermi did exactly what the President mandated at Fermi speed to jumpstart nuclear on American soil. Once the U.S. Government approves Project Matador for Korean investment under the recently approved Korean trade deal, we are the only site that will be ready to break ground on nuclear in 2026, a feat no one thought possible.\"Uzman represented the only project in America with a large-scale LWR combined license application accepted by the NRC in more than 15 years — and the only one ready to break ground. He joined an elite panel for the session \"T4 Critical Links: Strengthening the Nuclear Supply Chain for Tomorrow's Reactors,\" sharing the floor with Mr. Matthew Vazquez, Senior Director of Standards and Certification at ASME; Mr. Rajwant Jolly, Manager of Quality at Bechtel Corporati...