Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

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U. S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB)

* http://www.nwtrb.gov/

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http://www.nwtrb.gov/mission/mission.html

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Board Members (click on names to get more detailed biog info)

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B. John Garrick, Ph.D.,P.E. Chairman

 A founder of PLG, Inc., he retired from the firm in 1997 and is a private consultant. His areas of expertise include nuclear science and engineering specializing in probabilistic risk assessment and the application of the risk sciences to natural and engineered systems.

…appointed to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board as Chairman on September 10, 2004, by President George W. Bush. …He served for 10 years (1994-2004), 4 years as chair, on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste. …lives in Laguna Beach, California.

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Mark D. Abkowitz, Ph.D.

 Professor of civil and environmental engineering at Vanderbilt University and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies. His areas of expertise include the strategic and operational deployment of intelligent transportation systems, enterprise risk management methods and practices, and assessing the impacts of energy choices and “climate change”.

…appointed to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board on June 26, 2002, by President George W. Bush. …lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Wm. Howard Arnold, Ph.D.,P.E.

 Private consultant with long experience as a top executive in the nuclear industry. He retired from a 40-year career with Westinghouse and then Louisiana Energy Services in 1996. He holds a doctorate in physics and has special expertise in nuclear project management, organization, and operations.

…appointed to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board on September 10, 2004, by President George W. Bush. …Louisiana Energy Services was a partnership of Urenco, Duke Power, Fluor Daniel, Northern States Power, and Louisiana Power and Light, formed to build the first privately owned uranium-enrichment facility in the United States. …From 1955 to 1961, Dr. Arnold was senior engineer and section manager for Westinghouse Commercial Atomic Power. He was responsible for reactor physics design of the first series of Westinghouse commercial reactors. He spent one year with NUS Corporation as a nuclear fuel management consultant. From 1961 to 1968, he was deputy engineering manager, operations manager, and program manager for the NERVA nuclear rocket project for Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory. In 1968-1970, Dr. Arnold was manager of the underseas weapons department for the Westinghouse Defense Center in Baltimore, Maryland, responsible for the Mk 48 torpedo. From 1972 to 1989, he held various positions with Westinghouse in the nuclear area, including engineering manager of the pressurized-water reactor systems division, general manager and president of the Nuclear International Division, and General Manager of the Advanced Energy Systems Division, etc. …lives in Macatawa, Michigan, and Coronado, California.

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Thure E. Cerling, Ph.D.

 Distinguished Professor of Geology and Geophysics and Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Utah. His areas of expertise include field geology, isotope geology, and geochemical processes occurring near the Earth’s surface.

…appointed to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board on June 26, 2002, by President George W. Bush. …lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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David J. Duquette, Ph.D.

 John Tod Horton ’52 Professor of Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His areas of expertise include the physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of metals and alloys.

…appointed to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board on June 26, 2002, by President George W. Bush. …lives in Loudonville, New York.

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George M. Hornberger, Ph.D.

Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt University where he is Director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment. He also is the Craig E. Philip Professor of Engineering and Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences there. His areas of expertise include catchment hydrology and hydrochemistry and transport of solutes and colloids in geologic media.

…appointed to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board on September 10, 2004, by President George W. Bush. …lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Andrew C. Kadak, Ph.D.

 Principal in Exponent, a consulting engineering firm. Prior to joining Exponent in 2010, he was a Professor of the Practice in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the past, he was President and CEO of Yankee Atomic Electric Company. His areas of expertise include fundamental nuclear engineering, reactor operations, regulations, management, and the development of advanced reactors.

…appointed to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board on September 10, 2004, by President George W. Bush. …was a member of the Advisory Committee on External Regulation of DOE Nuclear Safety for the U.S. Department of Energy. …lives in Barrington, Rhode Island.

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Ronald M. Latanision, Ph.D.

 Emeritus professor of materials science and engineering and of nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Corporate Vice President of the engineering consulting firm, Exponent. His areas of expertise include materials processing and corrosion of metals and other materials in aqueous environments.

…appointed to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board on June 26, 2002, by President George W. Bush. …lives in Winchester, Massachusetts.

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Ali Mosleh, Ph.D.

 Nicole J. Kim Professor of Engineering, director of the Reliability Engineering Program, and director of the Center for Risk and Reliability at the University of Maryland. His areas of expertise include methods for probabilistic risk analysis and reliability of complex systems.

… appointed to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board on September 10, 2004, by President George W. Bush. …lives in Columbia, Maryland.

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William M. Murphy, Ph.D.

 Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences at California State University, Chico. His research focuses on geochemistry, including the interactions of nuclear wastes and geologic media. He also is a technical administrative judge on the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

…appointed to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board on March 20, 2006, by President George W. Bush. … serves on the Steering Committee for the Symposium on the Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management. He was a representative from the U.S. in the Natural Analogue Working Group, and he holds a position as administrative judge on the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. …resides in Chico, California.

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Henry Petroski, Ph.D., P.E.

 Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and professor of history at Duke University. His areas of expertise include the interrelationship between success and failure in design, the nature of invention, and the history of technology.

…appointed to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board on September 10, 2004, by President George W. Bush. …was a group leader at Argonne National Laboratory …lives in Durham, North Carolina.

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