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Published on 06/30/2025 at 07:35
NuScale Power Corporation 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.
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.