Scott Hunnewell
Vice President, New Nuclear Program
Tennessee Valley Authority
Scott Hunnewell is TVA's Vice President, New Nuclear Program, leading the team that explores advanced nuclear reactor technologies and possible sites for future deployment of advanced reactors of various designs.
Hunnewell has 25 years of experience in engineering, operations and work management at both boiling water nuclear reactor facilities (BWR) and pressurized water reactor (PWR) facilities. He started his career in nuclear in 1988 as a Senior Reactor Operator at the Savannah River Sites K Reactor working for DuPont/Westinghouse Savannah River Company before joining Stone & Webster and then TVA in 2009. Hunnewell spent seven years at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant and five years at the Browns Ferry Plant in key leadership roles including Director of Work Management, Director of Engineering, Senior Manager of Design Engineering, Senior Manager of Systems Engineering, NSSS Manager and Project Engineer and Plant Manager. Prior to his current role Hunnewell served as TVA's Nuclear Fleet Vice President for Nuclear Engineering. During this time, he also provided executive oversight for the Watts Bar Steam Generator Replacement Outage.
From 1997 to 2009, Hunnewell owned and operated construction and real estate companies in Tennessee and Oklahoma. He has held real estate licenses in New Jersey and Oklahoma and been a licensed general contractor in Georgia, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
External affiliations include EPRI Nuclear Power Council – Advanced Nuclear Technologies, American Nuclear Society, US Nuclear Industry Council and the Nuclear Energy Institute.
Hunnewell holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maine and received his Senior Reactor Operator and Shift Technical Advisor certifications on the K Reactor from the Department of Energy.