Westinghouse is bringing in a former Holtec Decommissioning International c-suite executive to take over its biggest business line, the company announced recently.
Pamela Cowan, who was senior vice president and chief operating officer of Holtec’s decommissioning branch, will become president of Westinghouse’s Americas operating plant services unit, according to a press release published Sep. 9. In her new role Cowan will be responsible for “leading the full business, from business development to delivery, for the nuclear operating plant customers across North and South America,” the release said.
Cowan is replacing former segment president David Howell, who will retire at the end of the month, Westinghouse said.
Cowan started her tenure at the Camden, N.J.-based Holtec in 2018. Prior to that, she served in senior roles at both the Nuclear Energy Institute and Exelon. Cowan started her career at Westinghouse in 1990 as a nuclear engineer. She has a Bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from Georgia Tech, a Master’s in engineering Management from Drexel University and is a licensed nuclear reactor operator.
Westinghouse’s operating plants business line provides components and management services to nuclear power plants. As far as the nuclear fuel cycle is concerned, the company mainly deals with the front end — it operates three fuel fabrication facilities in the U.S., the U.K. and Sweden. Westinghouse says on its website that it’s also an expert “in the everyday tasks of delivering, storing and disposing of nuclear fuel.”
The company also has a Government Services subsidiary that bids on Department of Energy nuclear-site business.
