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H. W. Kalfsbeek

H. W. Kalfsbeek (PhD, physics, University of Utrecht, 1979) is a staff member of KEMA, the joint research center of the Dutch utilities. He has been involved in experimental and computational research projects for more than eight years (nuclear physics, plasma physics, and risk and reliability analyses). He is currently concerned with reactor safety, both with probabilistic and experimental studies in the field of systems reliability, fission product releases, and transport mechanisms, (core, containment, and atmosphere).

Herbert Reutler

Herbert Reutler [chemical and nuclear engineering, University of Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), 1964; Dr.-Ing., mechanical engineering. University of Aachen, 1974] has been actively involved from 1964 to 1972 (Germany’s project leader from 1972-1974) in the design and construction of the German-French high-flux reactor in Grenoble, France. From 1972 to 1974, he was delegated by Hoecht AG to EURODIF in Paris. Since 1974 he has been employed by GHT/INTERATOM in the FRG as head of the Department for Conceptional Design of high-temperature reactors (HTRs).

Günter H. Lohnert

Günter H. Lohnert (PhD, nuclear sciences, University of Florida, 1971) has been employed since 1974 by GHT/INTERATOM Company in the FRG in the fields of core design, core analysis, and the conceptional design of HTRs. Since 1978 he has been visiting associate professor at the University of Florida, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Engineering.

Mark T. Leonard

Mark T. Leonard (BS, nuclear engineering, Purdue University, 1980) is currently attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Department of Nuclear Engineering. He is on a leave of absence from EG&G Idaho, Inc., where he was an engineer in the Water Reactor Research Test Facilities Division at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. His technical interests include reactor thermal-hydraulic safety analysis and applications of two-phase flow phenomena.

Thomas J. Burda

Thomas J. Burda (BS, meteorology, Lowell Technological Institute, 1974; MS, meteorology, University of Maryland, 1976) is employed as a principal meteorologist in the Environmental Engineering Division of Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation. His recent interests include the effects of micro- and mesoscale atmospheric phenomena on atmospheric dispersion.

Carl A. Mazzola

Carl A. Mazzola (BS, meteorology, City College of New York, 1968; MS, meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, 1970) has been with the Environmental Engineering Division of Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation since 1973. In 1978 he assumed the position of senior environmental scientist–meteorology. His current interests are in environmental impact assessment of all phases of the uranium fuel cycle with an emphasis on the meteorological aspects of emergency procedures.

Walter A. Lyons

Walter A. Lyons (BS, meteorology, Saint Louis University, 1964; MS, 1965, and PhD, 1970, geophysical sciences, University of Chicago) served as administrator of the Air Pollution Analysis Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1969 to 1975. Since then he has served as president of MESOMET, Inc. (and is now its principal senior scientist), and since 1981 has been president of R*SCAN Corporation. His principal interests include coastal mesometeorology, numerical modeling of atmospheric processes, and remote sensing of mesoscale atmospheric variables via technologies such as radar, satellite, acoustic sounder, and lightning tracking networks.

Gary T. Van Helvoirt

Gary T. Van Helvoirt (BS, meteorology, University of Wisconsin, 1977; MS, environmental science, University of Virginia, 1980) is employed in the Environmental Engineering Section of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation. He is involved with the development of a Class A dose projection model, air quality monitoring and modeling, and wind energy studies.

Ronald J. DiMelfi

Ronald J. DiMelfi (PhD, materials science and engineering, Stanford University, 1975) is a staff metallurgist in the Reactor Analysis and Safety Division of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). He has experience in the fields of high-temperature mechanical behavior and fracture of stressed materials. His current interests include modeling the transient behavior of reactor fuel and cladding material based on microstructural considerations, the effects of environment on material failure, and the fundamental aspects of material deformation.

John M. Kramer

John M. Kramer (PhD, engineering mechanics, the University of Wisconsin, 1969) is the manager of the Fuel Behavior Section of the Reactor Analysis and Safety Division at ANL. His general interests are in continuum mechanics and rheology. His current interests are in the interdisciplinary problems related to thermal-mechanical modeling of reactor fuel behavior under transient conditions.

Wolfgang von Heesen

Wolfgang von Heesen [Dipl.-Ing., mechanical engineering, 1973; Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing., economics, Aachen Technical University, Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), 1975] is employed at STEAG Kernenergie GmbH. His current interests are in the field of the nuclear fuel cycle, especially the interim storage of spent fuel elements and radioactive waste.

Heinz Malmström

Heinz Malmström (Dipl.-Ing., mechanical engineering, Hannover Technical University, FRG, 1963) has been with STEAG Kemenergie GmbH, Essen, FRG since 1970. He is manager of the DWK/STEAG Consortium Ahaus spent fuel interim storage facility.

Rüdiger Detzer

Rüdiger Detzer (Dr.- Ing., mechanical engineering, Stuttgart University, FRG, 1967; thesis in the field of HVaC, 1972) has served as a scientific staff member of Stuttgart University from 1967 to 1975. Since 1975 he has been head of the R&D center of Kessler + Luch GmbH, Giessen, FRG.

Werner Loew

Werner Loew (Dipl.-Ing., mechanical engineering, Aachen Technical University, FRG, 1979) has been employed at the R&D center of Kessler + Luch GmbH, Giessen, FRG since 1979 and has served as assistant head since 1982. His current interests are experimental and theoretical studies in air conditioning and ventilation.

Sridhar Komarneni

Sridhar Komarneni (PhD, soil chemistry and mineralogy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1973) is a senior research associate at the Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. His primary research interests are materials preparation and characterization, crystal chemistry of the use of clays, zeolites, and gels in nuclear waste disposal, and the chemistry of alteration and interactions of nuclear waste solids with wall rock under repository conditions.

Rustum Roy

Rustum Roy (PhD, ceramics, The Pennsylvania State University, 1948) is professor of geochemistry and of solid state at Penn State. He has also been the director of the Penn State Materials Research Laboratory, University Park, since 1962. His main research interests are materials preparation and characterization, crystal chemistry, synthesis, stability, phase equilibria and crystal growth in nonmetallic systems, ultrahigh pressure reactions in solids, and the chemistry and physics of noncrystalline solids.

Della M. Roy

Della M. Roy (PhD, mineralogy, The Pennsylvania State University, 1952) is professor of materials science at Penn State. Her main research interests are preparation and characterization of cement and ceramic materials, high-temperature chemistry of cement, hydrothermal calcium silicate reactions, special cements, cements in nuclear waste isolation, and experimental geochemistry of calcium silicates.

Richard V. Demars

Richard V. Demars (BS, 1962, and MS, 1968, mechanical engineering, University of Southern California) is a supervisory engineer in the Fuel Engineering Section of the Nuclear Power Generation Division of Babcock & Wilcox (B&W). His primary responsibility is for structural analysis of nuclear fuel.

Charles G. Dideon

Charles G. Dideon (BS, mechanical engineering, University of Washington, 1961) is supervisor of the Fuel Material and Performance Group in B&W’s Fuel Engineering Section. His interests include design of nuclear fuel components and postoperational evaluation of component/ materials performance.

Thomas A. Thornton

Thomas A. Thornton (BS, 1968, and MS, 1969, chemical engineering, Manhattan College; PhD, nuclear engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1976) is a senior engineer in the Fuel Engineering Section of B&W’s Nuclear Power Generation Division. Previously, he worked at B&W’s Lynchburg Research Center in the general area of advanced nuclear fuel and fusion breeder materials processing and thermochemistry. Current interests include pressurized water reactor fuel and control materials thermochemistry, fabrication, and characterization techniques.

James S. Tulenko

James S. Tulenko (MS, nuclear engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963) was a manager in fuel engineering for B&W’s Nuclear Power Generation Division. He has worked for B&W for 12 years in the fuel/control material performance area. Currently, he is manager of computer services for B&W in charge of the engineering/scientific computational area.

Wayne A. Pavinich

Wayne A. Pavinich (BS, mechanical engineering, University of Colorado, 1974; MS, materials science, Cornell University, 1977) is currently involved in the reactor vessel surveillance program, development of fracture toughness techniques, and analysis of fracture toughness data. Previous duties at B&W included postirradiation examination and failure analysis of various reactor components, nuclear fuel assemblies, and reactor control components.

Elma Beth S. Pardue

Elma Beth S. Pardue (BS, materials engineering, North Carolina State University, 1977; MMS, materials science, University of Virginia, 1980) is an engineering consultant in Knoxville, Tennessee. She was previously an engineer in the Nuclear Materials Technology Section at B&W’s Lynchburg Research Center. Her primary duties there included postirradiation examinations and failure analyses of nuclear components.

Werner Burkart

Werner Burkart (PhD, biochemistry, Swiss Institute of Technology, 1973) worked for several years at the University of Basel and, during the summer, at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Cape Cod, on cell-cell interaction in tissue formation. After a one-year stay at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University, he started work at the Swiss Federal Institute for Reactor Research. His current research interests include susceptibility to radiation during cell differentiation and dose effect relationships at low levels of radiation.

Monideep Kumar De

Monideep Kumar De (BSc, engineering physics. Queen’s University, 1975; MS, 1976, and PhD, 1980, nuclear engineering. University of Michigan) is a senior engineer in the Nuclear Technology Division at Westinghouse Electric Corporation. His current interests are in the areas of fault analysis and diagnosis of safety systems in nuclear power plants.

Norihiko Ozaki

Norihiko Ozaki (BS, nuclear engineering, Kyoto University, 1962; Dr. Eng., nuclear engineering, Osaka University, 1972) was engaged in plasma diagnostics at Central Research Laboratory of Hitachi, Ltd., and uranium enrichment by gas centrifuge at Energy Research Laboratory (ERL). His recent interests include application of robotic technology to remote inspection and maintenance in the nuclear power station.

Fumio Tomizawa

Fumio Tomizawa (BS, electrical engineering, Waseda University, 1972) is a researcher at the ERL of Hitachi, Ltd. Since 1972, he has been engaged in development of the maintenance and inspection robot for the nuclear power plant. His main interest is control technique of robots.

Masaaki Fujii

Masaaki Fujii (BS, electrical engineering, Ibaraki Technical College, 1961) is a senior researcher at the ERL of Hitachi, Ltd. His current interests are in the dose analysis of internal exposure and in radiation monitoring for nuclear power plants.

Masayoshi Sasaki

Masayoshi Sasaki (BS, mechanical engineering, 1958, and BS, electrical engineering, 1960, Ibaraki University) is employed in the Hitachi Works of Hitachi, Ltd. His general field of interest throughout his career has been design and development of electromechanical equipment, especially for nuclear power stations.

Ken-Ichiro Sadakane

Ken-ichiro Sadakane (MS, electrical engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 1972) is employed in ERL of Hitachi, Ltd. Since 1978, he has been engaged in the development of inspection robots for nuclear power plants.

Chikara Sato

Chikara Sato (BS, mechanical engineering, Hitachi Technical College, 1953) was engaged in safety-related research on boiling water reactors. Since 1978, he has been engaged in design and testings of the remote inspection system for nuclear power stations.

Katsuhiro Mizuno

Katsuhiro Mizuno (BS, electrical engineering, Tokyo University, 1959) is an assistant chief engineer at Omika Works of Hitachi, Ltd. His general field of interest throughout his career has been development of an instrumentation and automatic control system for a nuclear power plant. His current interest is in a robot system for automatic inspection to complement manual monitoring.

Katsutoshi Shimizu

Katsutoshi Shimizu (BS, nuclear engineering, Tohoku University, 1967) is employed in the Engineering Department of the Japan Atomic Power Company, which was established in 1957 to serve as the pioneer in the construction and operation of commercial nuclear power plants in Japan.

Teisuke Watarai

Teisuke Watarai (MS, mechanical engineering, Keio University, 1972) joined Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. and was engaged in design and construction of a nuclear power station from 1972 to 1975. The next six years, he was with Atomic Power Development Laboratory, where he was responsible for promoting R&D activities. Since 1981, he has been engaged in design and construction of nuclear power stations.

Takahiko Ito

Takahiko Ito (BS, electrical engineering, Tokyo University, 1964) is a section head of the Nuclear Power Planning Division of Chubu Electric Power Company, Inc. and is in charge of planning and system design of electrical and instrumentation systems for nuclear power generating stations. He has been engaged in this field since 1964.

Yuji Hashimoto

Yuji Hashimoto (BS, electrical engineering, Hiroshima University, 1958) joined Chugoku Electric Power Company and was engaged in design and construction of thermal power stations from 1958 to 1972 and spent the next five years with the Health Physics Division. Since 1978, he has been engaged in system design of control and instrumentation of nuclear power stations.

Ivars Neretnieks

Ivars Neretnieks (PhD, chemical engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 1967) has been a professor in chemical engineering at the University of Lund and at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. He has served as consultant to The Swedish Nuclear Fuel Supply Company since 1977 regarding radionuclide migration in near and far fields. His past and present studies include field studies on tracer movement in bedrock by flow and diffusion and modeling of radionuclide migration in fissured media. Other interests include applications of adsorption on activated carbon and other sorbents and ion exchange on zeolites.