Lauren Lathem

Affiliation

Southern Company

Biography

Lauren Lathem is the Advanced Nuclear Program Manager within Southern Company’s Research & Development organization. She leads the R&D advanced nuclear program in support of the development, demonstration, and deployment of advanced nuclear technology, namely molten salt reactors. She serves as the Program Manager for two major cost-shared public-private partnerships totaling over $250M — the Advanced Reactors Concepts (ARC) award and the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) award. Lauren is acting Chair of the Molten Salt Reactor Technology Working Group (MSR TWG), an industry working group advancing the deployment of MSR technology.