John Williams

Senior Vice President of Technical Services and External Affairs

John B. Williams is the Senior Vice President of Technical Services and External Affairs for Southern Nuclear Operating Company, where he oversees fleet support functions essential to the safe and reliable operation of Southern Nuclear’s operating fleet and provides strategic leadership and direction for all external Southern Company nuclear efforts. He is responsible for Regulatory Affairs (including Security and Emergency Preparedness), Fleet Outage Services, Fleet Capital Projects, External Affairs & Communications and Southern Nuclear Services, which includes supporting new nuclear programs domestically and internationally.

Prior to this role, John held several positions supporting the construction and operation of the United States’ first new nuclear units constructed in more than thirty years including Senior Vice President of Vogtle Units 3 & 4, Senior Vice President of Nuclear Development for Georgia Power Company and Vice President of Business Operations. Additionally, John has served in leadership roles within the Southern Nuclear Engineering organization including Plant Hatch Engineering Director, Nuclear Fuel and Analysis Director, and interim Engineering Vice President.

John joined Southern Nuclear as an engineer at the Southern Nuclear Corporate Headquarters in 2005. He has more than 25 years of experience in the nuclear industry with expertise in engineering, nuclear fuel and nuclear project construction. Prior to joining Southern Nuclear, he was a nuclear engineer for the Tennessee Valley Authority.

John has represented Southern Nuclear on the Department of Energy Industry Advisory Boards for the Advanced Fuels Campaign and the Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) program. He also served as the Utility Lead for the Nuclear Energy Institute Accident Tolerant Fuel Working Group Licensing and Safety Benefits Task Force. John provided leadership and guidance to the team that introduced the first Accident Tolerant Fuel into a commercial reactor at Southern Nuclear’s Plant Hatch in 2018 and Plant Vogtle in 2019. John and his teams have been recognized with five Nuclear Energy Institute Top Innovative Practice awards.

John holds a degree in nuclear engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.