The AdSTM team includes former NRC senior executives and staff, as well as former senior nuclear industry staff, with extesive hands-on experience in the licensing, safety assessment, and oversight of nuclear power reactors.
Mr. Sergey Katsenelenbogen is a Vice President for AdSTM’s Nuclear Operations since 2004. He has 30 years of experience in supporting the U.S. government agencies and US and foreign nuclear utilities. In the past 15 years, he managed projects on behalf of US NRC, DOE, DOD and the national laboratories. The projects are focused on regulatory capacity development, regulatory strengthening for safe use of radiation sources, reactor safety analysis, and spent fuel management.
Mr. Katsenelenbogen manages staff and oversees two programs in support of US NRC/OIP: International Regulatory Development Partnership (IRDP) and Radiation Sources Regulatory Partnetship (RSRP) collectively operating in more than 20 countries. IRDP supports the development of the nuclear regulatory infrastructure in countries with emerging power reactor programs. RSRP is a regulatory strengthening program to establish regulatory oversight for safe and secure use of radiation sources. For European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Mr. Katsenelenbogen managed licensing consulting project for the State Nuclear Regulatory Committee of Ukraine for Chornobyl Shelter Improvement Program. For US DOE/DOD he managed the Core Conversion Program for three Russian plutonium production reactors on behalf of Scientech, Inc. Mr. Katsenelenbogen works closely and/or provides support to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Forum of Nuclear Regulatory Bodies in Africa (FNRBA) and Asian Nuclear Safety Network (ANSN). In prior years at Scientech, Inc., NUS and Scandpower Inc., Mr. Katsenelenbogen performed safety analysis and fuel cycle calculations for US power reactors.
Richard Barrett has had a 38-year career in the nuclear field including key positions at the US NRC between 1982 and 2007 and previously at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. As a senior executive at the US NRC he directed the Division of Engineering with responsibility for standards development, technical review, and licensing support for nuclear reactor oversight. Between 1995 and 1998, Mr. Barrett directed the NRC Emergency Response Center in development of the response program; maintenance of 24/7 operational readiness; and interface with federal agencies, state governments and local officials. He directed NRC licensing activities for 13 commercial nuclear power plants. Mr. Barrett directed the NRC program of risk-informed regulation, and oversaw the development of methods and processes for applying probabilistic risk assessment to the safe design and operation of nuclear power reactors.
Mr. Barrett is currently a Principal Systems Analyst with AdSTM, where he has focused on development of the IRDP training program for regulatory agencies in emerging nuclear countries. He has conducted training courses and workshops for regulatory bodies in Asia, the Middle East and Central Europe.
For the past 3½ years, Mr. Bateman has worked for AdSTM developing procedures and training modules for the IRDP program and delivering training as part of this effort. Other activities include PSAR technical review, development of a nuclear plant construction inspection program, and other training activities.
He came to AdSTM with 45 years experience in various aspects of nuclear power including over 29 years of federal regulation of commercial nuclear power plants and 14 years in the nuclear power industry. He has experience in: program planning / management in various executive positions; engineering services, including radiological and nuclear related test and evaluation; various phases of design, construction, inspection, testing, operations, and maintenance of power plant systems; system materials; welding and applicable codes and standards; quality assurance/management; interaction with media and public affairs; and international program support.
He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania; some graduate level schooling in Ocean Engineering at the University of Rhode Island, and is a Registered Professional Engineer.
Mrs. Biro is a nuclear engineer with ten years of professional experience in the nuclear industry. Through her career Mrs. Biro has developed expertise in nuclear reactor licensing and safety, nuclear design analysis, probabilistic risk-assessment, nuclear physics methods development and thermal-hydraulics. At AdSTM Mrs Biro has been working in regulatory affairs, preparing and presenting regulatory seminars and workshops targeted for training nuclear regulators in countries with emerging nuclear power programs.
Prior to joining AdSTM, Mrs. Biro had been working for Westinghouse Electric Company as technical lead in the development of neutronics and core operation monitoring codes and as a core design engineer for pressurized water reactors (PWR).
She holds an M.S degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Ohio State University.
Richard Emch spent 37 years at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission before retiring in 2011. He worked in the regulation of research and power reactors in a large range of technical areas including occupational and public radiation protection, emergency preparedness, design basis accident dose assessment, technical specifications, probabilistic risk assessment (PRA), severe accident mitigation alternative (SAMA) analyses, environmental impacts (EISs), inspection, and project management. He was a supervisor for about 20 years and a member of the Protective Measures Team at the NRC's Emergency Operations Center for nearly 30 years (a Director of the team for roughly 15 years). In his last few years at NRC, he developed the implementation strategy for the Limited Work Authorization rule for the environmental assessment group in the Office of New Reactors and negotiated the new Memorandum of Understanding between the NRC and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Mr. Emch received a BS in Applied Physics from Louisiana Tech University in 1973 and an MS in Applied Nuclear Science (Health Physics) from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1974.
Mr. Mel Fields was employed by the USNRC from 1975 through 2007, and has a BS in Nuclear Engineering and MS in Mechanical Engineering. As a technical reviewer during the earlier part of this NRC career, in the areas of Containment Systems, Plant Systems, and Reliability and Risk analysis, Mr. Fields prepared and presented expert testimony on licensing hearings for several proposed nuclear power plant sites, coordinated the issuance of a NUREG report on the ability of the Mark III containment design to adequately cope with the complex vent clearing and pool swell phenomena following a postulated LOCA, and reviewed event trees, fault trees, and critical assumptions associated with PRA submittals. During the latter half of his career with the NRC, Mr. Fields was a project manager (PM), responsible for coordination activities for a number of nuclear power plants. He was involved in the licensing of the Comanche Peak units from 1988 until 1992, the operating PM for the Palo Verde units for 9 years, the operating PM for the San Onofre units for 6 years, and the operating PM for the Waterford unit for 2 years.
Since leaving the NRC, Mr. Fields has consulted with Information Systems Laboratories, Inc., to work with the NRC's Office of New Reactors on the Westinghouse AP1000 Safety Evaluation Report effort. At AdSTM he assists with the IRDP program and works with the U.S. Department of Energy on evaluation criteria for advanced reactor concepts.
After a 27-year career with the NRC, Mr. Fischer became the director of the IRDP program in January 2011. He has thirty five years of technical and managerial experience in the nuclear energy and regulatory field.
He has extensive experience reviewing operating licenses, early site permits, design certifications, and combined license applications. Key areas of expertise include: nuclear power plant design, construction, and operation; component and system testing; operational events assessment; technical specifications; nuclear quality assurance and commercial dedication; ASME Operations and Maintenance Code; probabilistic risk assessment; and emergency planning and protective measures. Mr. Fischer worked on the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) staff, as a Commissioner’s technical assistant, as an inspector, as a senior technical reviewer, and as a section chief in the Events Assessment and Technical Specifications Branches. After he retired from Federal service, Mr. Fischer supervised compilation of the NRC staff’s safety evaluation reports (SERs) associated with the U.S. EPR design certification application and Calvert Cliffs combined license application reviews. He also provided similar SER integration services for the regulatory authority of a foreign government embarked on licensing its first nuclear power plants.
Mr. Fischer is a retired Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He is a nuclear-trained qualified submarine officer who served on the new construction crew of a nuclear fast attack submarine. He also served as a Chief of Naval Operations briefer in the pentagon’s Navy Command Center and served as senior watch officer for major NATO and US exercises.
Mr. Fleishman has over 50 years of experience in the nuclear industry, 24 of which were at the NRC. During his last 5 years at the NRC, he was a Technical Assistant to Commissioner Kenneth C. Rogers provided advice and consultation on the safety of nuclear reactors. In particular, he was actively involved in major NRC actions related to the decommissioning of nuclear power reactors, renewal of plant operating licenses, siting of new power plants, and approval of advanced reactor designs. He was the primary liaison for the Commissioner within the Research Reactor community. Since leaving the NRC, he worked as a consultant in nuclear energy and served as a member of the Safety Assessment Committee for the Research Reactor Facility at NIST.
Early on at the NRC, Mr. Fleishman held staff and management positions in the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, responsible for major rulemakings related to transportation, nuclear reactor and material safety, and the training and qualification of nuclear power plant personnel. He wrote numerous regulatory guides on loss of coolant accidents, reactivity initiated accidents, decommissioning of nuclear reactors, and experiments in research reactors. He developed major NRC regulations related to prototype testing, safety at multi-unit reactor sites, updating of final safety analysis reports, hydrogen control, emergency core cooling system design criteria, use of high burnup fuel, and degree requirements for senior reactor operators.
At AdSTM, he has worked on the IRDP program by developing and delivering training, the Terrapower project by developing a “roadmap” for evaluating the TP-1 design, and with the DOE by helping to develop a set of evaluation criteria and framework for their use in the evaluation of advanced reactor concepts.
Mr. Weidong He joined AdSTM in 2003 and has worked on a variety of projects related to advanced reactor technologies and licensing, regulatory infrastructure development, safety analysis, and training. Mr. He has extensive knowledge and experience in reactor safety, reactor systems, NPP regulations, accident analysis, PRA, etc.
Mr. He holds a MS Degree in Nuclear Engineering from The Penn State University and a BS degree in Nuclear Engineering from Harbin Engineering University (former Harbin Shipbuiling Engineering Institute), China.
Mr. Imbro has worked in the commercial nuclear power industry since 1969 and has a broad knowledge of light water reactor (LWR) construction, design and operation. Mr. Imbro began his nuclear career with Combustion Engineering, a nuclear steam supply system vendor, and was involved with the design of the reactor coolant and accident mitigation systems. Mr. Imbro also worked for an architect/engineering firm as a systems designer for balance of plant and other A/E supplied systems and, for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) retiring in early 2008 after 33 years. For the last 17 years with the USNRC, Mr. Imbro held senior management positions and was involved in the resolution of numerous and varied issues across many technical disciplines. Mr. Imbro has also served on many technical standards writing committees sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Nuclear Society (ANS). For the last 20 years, Mr. Imbro has actively participated on ASME Committees dealing with pressure boundary design and repair, operations and maintenance, and nuclear quality assurance.
Following his retirement from the NRC in Feb of 2008, Mr. Imbro has performed consulting work for the NRC, other foreign regulators, and reactor vendors. Mr. Imbro is also an instructor for ASME, teaching a one-week course on Section III of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, “Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility Components,”
Dr. Mallett has over 37 years of experience in the nuclear industry. He has been a senior leader in the United States Federal Government’s Senior Executive Service. He has performed research in academic and medical center institutions, has taught university level courses, and has mentored numerous individuals who are now senior leaders in the U.S. Federal Government. He has experience in management, leadership, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) programs such as licensing, inspection, security, incident response, emergency preparedness, and radiation protection for new reactors, nuclear power reactors, research reactors, nuclear fuel cycle, academic, industrial and medical facilities. While at the NRC, he also participated in, overseeing and actually signing several significant rulemaking documents for changing the NRC regulations in 10 CFR Parts 20, 35, 50, 52, and 73.
Mr. Newberry has 35 years of experience managing and directing nuclear reactor safety and regulatory programs and projects, including executive experience at the NRC. As Vice President and Manager of ISL’s Nuclear Systems Analysis Division after retiring from the NRC in 2004, he oversaw many nuclear reactor safety activities for the NRC including code development and assessment, license renewal, probabilistic risk assessment, and new reactor licensing. In 2008 Mr. Newberry became an independent consultant, continuing to do new reactor consulting work including international licensing projects and workshops in China and Japan.
Since joining AdSTM in 2010 as a senior consultant, Mr. Newberry works with the leadership of AdSTM to respond to the growing demand for expert consulting support around the world. He has conducted Nuclear Executive Workshops and Construction Permit Licensing Training for Regulatory Authorities in Vietnam, Nigeria, Indonesia, Armenia, and Kuwait.
With over 45 years of broad and diverse experience with the domestic and international nuclear community, Mr. Reinhart served with the U.S. nuclear Navy, the commercial nuclear industry, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and on various international consulting assignments.
Highlights of Mr. Reinhart’s service include the following: Engineer Officer of a nuclear powered submarine; licensed Senior Reactor Operator; managed 5 nuclear power plants (PWR and BWR), managed BWR containment; trained operators as well as technical, construction, and management personnel; developed and implemented programs for nuclear power plant testing, radiological assessment and control, operator training, quality assurance, technical specifications, Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA), and Risk-Informed Decision Making (RIDM).
With AdSTM, Mr. Reinhart serves as a senior technical reviewer and interaction facilitator. In this position he has conducted technical reviews of the Tera Power TP-1 advanced reactor concept; developed or presented programs for nuclear safety infrastructure, fundamentals of reactor safety, PRA, international nuclear material accountability, management and regulatory programs, and safety culture. In this capacity he has interfaced with international clients, regulators, and organizations.
Dr. Squarer has 43 years experience in the conduct of nuclear safety and risk assessment, independent safety reviews, thermal hydraulics, nuclear engineering, advanced nuclear reactors, regulatory compliance, project management, strategic planning, research and development, policy and budget analysis, and international nuclear design and safety issues. He is highly experienced in regulatory affairs associated with the nuclear power industry.
Dr. Squarer’s experience includes 26 years of experience at Westinghouse and 3 years at EPRI. Since 1997, Dr. Squarer has been a consultant, providing technical support to US Federal Government Agencies, and leading a development of high performance light water reactor in Europe under the co-sponsorship of the European Commission.
While at AdSTM, Dr. Squarer assisted the DOE by performing independent reviews and assessments of current and future nuclear technologies. He also authored generic reactor siting safety requirements document and reactor siting risk-informed review guide documents. He prepared training course presentations on reactor siting, reactor safety, reactor regulations, and Fukushima. For the IRDP, Dr. Squarer has delivered the construction permit, reactor safety, reactor regulations, code and standards, and probabilistic risk assessment courses. He has served as the country coordinator for Vietnam since the inception of the IRDP program and assisted Vietnam in drafting its siting requirements for new nuclear power plants.
Dr. Miller has 38 years of experience in the nuclear field including a number of executive positions held at the NRC over his 31 year tenure. His most recent position was the Director of the Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs where he had responsibility for nuclear materials safety and security, decommissioning of nuclear facilities, uranium recovery, agreement state programs, environmental impact analysis, and associated rulemaking activities. His career at NRC encompassed all aspects of the agency’s regulatory duties including extensive licensing experience in both reactors and materials as well as emergency planning and response. Following the accident at Fukushima, Dr. Miller led the NRC near term task force which provided recommendations to the Commission for enhancing safety in the 21st century. Prior to joining NRC, he worked in commercial industry in the areas of nuclear fuel cycle and reactor design.
Dr. Miller is currently a senior nuclear safety consultant with AdSTM, where he is focused on human resource development and Fukushima lessons learned for the IRDP for regulatory bodies in emerging nuclear countries. He has currently conducted sessions in Asia.