Sargent & Lundy’s Jenna Marchetti, a specialist in applied meteorology, will share research on shifting climate impacts affecting energy infrastructure, including new small modular reactors, at the American Meteorological Society’s 106th Annual Meeting.
The five-day event, which begins Jan. 25 in Houston, aligns with the development of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s updated precipitation frequency estimates, which will better assess potential flood threats and other extreme weather events. NOAA’s Atlas 15 model will help guide future building standards for SMRs and other facilities to increase resiliency and mitigate potential power generation disruptions. The AMS conference’s theme this year is “Fast and Slow Thinking: The Human Factor in a Rapidly Changing World,” emphasizing the role of human decision-making across the weather, water, and climate enterprise.
Marchetti will present “The Importance of Nonstationary Rainfall Calculations to Increase Resiliency of Small Modular Reactors” as part of the 17th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy. Marchetti will discuss how nonstationary rainfall estimates, designed to capture shifting weather patterns and more frequent extreme weather events, will replace traditional stationary estimates and shape future guidance to build resilient energy systems.
Learn more about the 2026 AMS Annual Meeting here.