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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001822966-22-000104"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMR"
cik: "0001822966"
company_name: "NUSCALE POWER Corp"
filed_at: "2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T06:56:51.268085+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NuScale COO/CNO Dale Atkinson retires; Karin Feldman named interim effective Jan 6, 2023

## Summary
- Dale Atkinson retires as COO/CNO effective January 5, 2023 after over eight years with NuScale.
- Karin Feldman appointed Interim COO/CNO effective January 6, 2023; she joined NuScale in 2012 and is VP, Program Management Office.
- Feldman will oversee operations, engineering, program management, quality, IT, and regulatory affairs, reporting to CEO John Hopkins.
- NuScale is conducting a national search for a permanent COO/CNO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001822966-22-000104
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMR
- cik: 0001822966
- company_name: NUSCALE POWER Corp
- filed_at: 2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822966/000182296622000104/0001822966-22-000104-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822966/000182296622000104/smr-20221209.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822966-22-000104
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822966-22-000104.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822966-22-000104.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Karin Feldman was appointed as Interim Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nuclear Officer at NUSCALE POWER Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nuclear Officer
  source text: effective January 6, 2023, Karin Feldman will assume the role of Interim Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nuclear Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822966/000182296622000104/0001822966-22-000104-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dale Atkinson departed as Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nuclear Officer at NUSCALE POWER Corp.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nuclear Officer
  source text: effective January 5, 2023, Dale Atkinson will retire as Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nuclear Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822966/000182296622000104/0001822966-22-000104-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.