Jane represents nuclear electric utilities in civil litigation matters and government and internal
investigations. She also provides nuclear regulatory and licensing advice to advanced reactor
startups, as well as to domestic and international nuclear companies with operating power
reactors. She has both a B.S. and M.S. in nuclear engineering and brings her in-depth technical
knowledge to bear in representing nuclear industry clients.
Jane conducts confidential internal investigations into allegations of wrongdoing related to nuclear
safety, including investigations into allegations referred to licensees by the US Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC). She represents nuclear industry clients in connection with investigations
conducted by the NRC’s Office of Investigations and in NRC Early ADR proceedings. Jane also
represents clients in connection with Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigations into alleged retaliation against employees for raising nuclear safety concerns, and before the US Department of Labor in nuclear whistleblower proceedings.
Much of Jane’s practice relates to multimillion-dollar claims against the federal government
regarding the government’s obligation to accept and dispose of spent nuclear fuel. She represents
clients in both litigation and settlement, and has advised clients in connection with more than 60
spent fuel damages claims.
As a member of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Advanced Reactor Regulatory Taskforce, Jane
closely tracks regulatory developments related to advanced reactors.

Ms. Barber is a project manager with over 20 years of experience in environmental compliance and project management. Professional Engineer proficient in environmental remediation and design work. Vast experience administering remediation and construction contracts (fixed price and cost reimbursable) up to 70 million dollars, including supervising fieldwork. Actively managing several deactivated nuclear power plant decommissioning projects, plus projects associated with the USACE FUSRAP project.

Paul M. Bessette counsels clients on a broad range of matters in the nuclear industry. A former
naval nuclear submarine officer and nuclear plant manager, Paul advises electric utilities, reactor
developers, investment entities, and other companies across the nuclear fuel cycle. Paul’s work
focuses on regulatory and litigation matters before administrative bodies, such as the US Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC), and before federal courts with a specific emphasis on new reactor
projects, subsequent license renewal, license amendments, decommissioning, high-level waste
storage, medical isotopes, and spent-fuel related claims against the US government.
Paul counsels clients on issues relating to NRC investigations, licensing and enforcement
proceedings, nuclear safety and regulatory compliance, and contractual disputes. He is actively
involved in the licensing and permitting of new US nuclear facilities, including small modular
reactors and a medical isotope facility, and he has been involved in projects evaluating or utilizing
all of the NRC licensing options for new facilities. Paul guides clients through the full scope of legal
issues associated with nuclear projects, including consideration of safety and environmental
matters, preparation of applications, NRC review of those applications, and litigation of
applications before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and the NRC. After licensing, Paul
advises clients on legal and regulatory issues arising during operation.
Paul helps clients prepare and adjudicate applications for other nuclear activities, including
renewing or amending reactor operating licenses and other materials licenses, transferring
licenses as part of commercial transactions, license changes throughout decommissioning, project due diligence, obtaining licenses related to medical isotope facilities, import/export of nuclear materials, and obtaining licenses for consolidated interim storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel.
Paul also represents numerous clients in multimillion-dollar claims against the government for its failure to accept spent fuel from operating and decommissioning nuclear plants, both in litigation and settlement.

Attorney, manager, and conflict management specialist with over twenty years’ experience in the legal, policy, and technical aspects of the licensing and regulation of the use of nuclear materials, as well as with the preparation of environmental reviews for energy and natural resources projects. Mr. Cameron’s expertise in conflict management, community outreach and interest-based negotiation strategy were developed during his tenure as the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Dispute Resolution Specialist. His conflict management work was complemented by his tenure as the Assistant General Counsel at the NRC. In this capacity, Mr. Cameron and his staff advised the NRC staff and the Commission on the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) including environmental justice policy; the rulemaking process; the Federal Advisory Committee Act; and Section 106 consultation with Tribal governments under the National Historic Preservation Act. He also was the General Counsel’s liaison and advisor on Tribal law. He is thoroughly familiar with the NRC licensing process, including the existing and proposed decommissioning regulatory framework.

Mr. Cameron’s combination of legal and analytical skills, his solid grounding in the technical aspects of the use of nuclear materials, and his conflict management skills, bring a unique holistic approach a wide variety of private sector and government needs and issues. Mr. Cameron has been in private practice since 2010, providing legal advice on energy and environmental issues, and on the design and implementation of communications strategies. Some of his most recent projects include facilitation of the public scoping meetings for the Environmental Impact Statement on the Holtec Intl. license application to the NRC for an interim storage facility; development and presentation of a National Webinar on tribal law and the transportation of nuclear materials.

Mr. Camper is an experienced health physicist, radiation safety expert, environmental remediation expert and executive with 40 years of professional experience with various aspects of the nuclear industry within both the private and public sectors including: radiation safety; medical, research and academic uses; commercial uses; industrial uses; environmental assessment and management; low-level waste oversight; uranium recovery; decommissioning of reactors and complex material sites; spent fuel management and performance assessment. Mr. Camper has been very involved both nationally and internationally and increasingly has focused on the nexus between nuclear materials uses, energy production and related environmental concerns as well as stakeholder outreach and coordination.

Mr. Camper is the President and Executive Consultant with Advoco Professional Services, LLC. Advoco provides a broad spectrum of professional consulting services focused on environmental assessment and remediation, health physics issues, nuclear regulatory policy, environmental conflict resolution, communications strategy, facilitation and stakeholder outreach, nuclear technical issues, NEPA support, Federal and State agencies coordination and executive management. Mr. Camper is also associated with Talisman International, LLC as a senior nuclear safety consultant dealing with a broad spectrum of nuclear issues.

David Carlson is President and Chief Operating Officer of Waste Control Specialists, operator of a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility in Texas.

Carlson has more than 25 years of experience leading the growth and operations of nuclear energy and environmental management companies. He previously served as senior vice president of Veolia Nuclear Solutions (Kurion) where he provided technology solutions for nuclear decommissioning, including support of recovery from the accident in Fukushima Japan. Prior roles include chief operating officer and chief nuclear officer at Gen4 Energy – an advanced reactor startup company, chief operating officer of Aqua-Chem – a manufacturer of water purification equipment, and chief operating officer of Duratek – a radioactive waste management company.

Carlson graduated from the US Naval Academy and began his career as a nuclear submarine officer.

Matt Crozat a Senior Director for Strategy and Policy Development and the Nuclear Energy Institute. He is responsible for directing NEI efforts to identify policy initiatives that will improve economic viability of operating plants and enhance prospects for new plant construction. Mr. Crozat examines market operations and proposed policies to assess their impact on nuclear energy. He also oversees analyses of nuclear industry cost performance and trends. Before joining NEI in 2015, Mr. Crozat was a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Mr. Crozat is recognized as an international expert on nuclear energy economic issues. He served co-chair of the Working Party on Nuclear Energy Economics at the Nuclear Energy Agency of the OECD for over ten years. He holds an M.A. from Cornell University and a B.A. from Tulane University.

Promoting science- and fact-based discussions about nuclear energy and spent nuclear fuel has been one of John Dobken’s passions for a decade.

He gets ample opportunity to do just that in his role of public information officer and media relations manager for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and Southern California Edison. John manages relationships with local and national media, as well as social media channels and participates in community outreach.

Prior to joining SCE, John led external engagement strategies for Energy Northwest, owner and operator of Columbia Generating Station in Washington state.

John has a master’s degree in business management and a journalism degree from San Diego State University. He worked as a television news anchor and reporter for 14 years at various stations across the country.

Jeff Dunlap is the manager of Decommissioning for Exelon. In this role he is responsible for the implementation of decommissioning trust fund NRC reporting, cost estimation, and the cost reimbursement process. He is also responsible for Governance and Oversight of the Decommissioning Management Model Process. This includes the development of procedures, and oversight of the implementation of the decommissioning planning process at Exelon’s sites preparing for decommissioning
Jeff has 24 years of experience working in the nuclear power industry, including positions in Safety Analysis, Fuel Procurement, and Project Management. He has a BA from Augustana College, an MS in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Illinois, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Emerson joined LCG Associates in 2003 and is a member of the Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Risk Management Committee and Investment Committee. David’s responsibilities include lead client relationships with utilities, healthcare organizations, endowments and foundations. Additionally, he conducts capital market and asset class research as well as investment manager due diligence.

David also serves as LCG’s Practice Leader for Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts (NDTs). He has led the team to develop proprietary asset liability modeling software that demonstrates the effects of different capital market, tax rate, and spending assumptions. David actively participates in NDT conferences and industry groups and has helped refine LCG’s modeling capabilities in the ever-changing world of NDTs.

Prior to joining LCG, David worked for seven years in the investment consulting industry in a variety of roles from manager research to Consultant. David is a CFA Charterholder. He is an active member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society Seattle. He is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Charterholder. David holds an M.B.A. in Finance from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. He graduated from the University of Michigan with an A.B. in Political Science.

Jeff England, Director of Transportation Projects for NAC International, is responsible for NAC’s projects for worldwide transportation of spent fuel and other nuclear materials, using the company’s NRC-licensed fleet of casks. He manages activities associated with NAC’s transport services projects for the U.S. Department of Energy, other government agencies, and commercial clients.

Jeff’s career also includes more than 27 years of experience at the Savannah River Site (SRS), where he served in several technical, management, and program manager roles. His work at SRS included leadership of the DOE Packaging Certification Program at Savannah River National Laboratory. He also supported National Nuclear Security Administration Systems Engineering programs in Washington, D.C. He served in the U.S. Air Force for more than 25 years, with multiple command tours in operations and logistics. Jeff is a graduate of Central Washington University, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War College.

Pamela Gorman Prochaska is the Director of Nuclear Policy and Strategy for Xcel Energy. Pam began her career with Xcel Energy almost 30 years ago in the operations department at the Prairie Island nuclear plant. During the first half of her career she spent time in various plant positions including project management, regulatory, communications and training.

In 2008 she moved to the operations side of the company and was the Community and Government Relations Manager for Southeast Minnesota. Two years ago Pam came back to nuclear in her current role where she interfaces with governmental and industry organizations at all levels that enact, implement or influence policies that impact Xcel Energy’s nuclear power plants and used fuel storage.

Pam is a graduate of the University of Minnesota- Duluth where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Secondary Math Education.

Mr. Greg Halnon is the FirstEnergy Vice President Nuclear Regulatory Affairs and President & CNO of GPU Nuclear.

Mr. Halnon began his career in 1981 as a system engineer for the fossil fleet at Florida Power Corporation in St. Petersburg Florida. He later moved into nuclear as a system engineer for the Crystal River Nuclear Plant in HVAC and mechanical-thermal systems. Mr. Halnon has over 30 years in engineering, operations, regulatory affairs, quality, and line management of nuclear power stations. He has held two Senior Reactor Operator licenses and is a registered professional mechanical engineer in the states of Florida and Ohio.

In his career;
Mr. Halnon has served as a plant general manager, general engineering manager and quality director at various nuclear units and fleets. He has served on several Small Modular Reactor advisory boards and chaired two Industry SMR Consortiums.

Greg presently serves as the nuclear regulatory officer for FirstEnergy Corp. He is also responsible for the leadership of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 decommissioning and Post Defueled Monitored Storage. He has served 7 terms as the National RUG chairman and 3 years as executive sponsor of the industry Reactor Oversight Process Taskforce.

Mr. Halnon received his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Central Florida after doing undergraduate agricultural technology research at Virginia Tech. He completed the INPO Senior Plant Managers Professional Development in 1997. He is a qualified ABET accreditation evaluator and a life member of the American Nuclear Society.

Mr. Jackson joined the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 2008. He is assigned to the Division of Physical and Cyber Security Policy (DPCP) in the office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response (NSIR). He is currently in the Fuel Cycles and Transportation Security Branch, working in Transportation Security Policy. His duties include the planning, coordination, and management of the development and implementation of Commission directed policies and programs for transportation security and physical protection of fissile and radioactive material during all phases of transportation. He conducts technical and regulatory reviews in support of regulatory programs, transportation route approvals, rulemaking support, and licensing. He coordinates activities that involve working within NSIR and other NRC Offices including the Office of International Programs, (OIP) Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), and Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS). He manages and supports partnership; outreach and coordination with US Government Agencies that include the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Agency, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, US Coast Guard FBI, and Department of State. Mr. Jackson also represents NSIR to the Commission’s Tribal Policy Working Group, supporting Tribal Policy development, implementation, and outreach for transportation security issues. He also works with the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency in developing international guidance for transportation security.

Prior to joining the NRC, Mr. Jackson served on both active and reserve duty with the United States Coast Guard (USCG), His last position with the USCG was as the CG FEMA Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer (EPLO) to FEMA Region V (Great Lakes). He awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, and the Coast Guard Achievement Medal. He retired March 2014 after 34 years of service with the rank of Commander.

Tracey Mitchell LeRoy is Associate General Counsel at Duke Energy. She provides advice and guidance on nuclear regulatory and commercial matters, including decommissioning, emergency preparedness, Part 810 compliance, and fuel procurement.

Tracey is a member of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Decommissioning Task Force Steering Committee and Rulemaking Committee. She also serves on the Legal Advisory Committee of the Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited.

Tracey earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Management from Beloit College and a JD and Masters of International Business Studies from the University of South Carolina.

Rod McCullum has been working on regulatory issues at NEI since 1998. He has 30 years of nuclear engineering, licensing, management and regulatory policy experience. Currently, at NEI, he leads industry efforts to reduce business risks associated with used nuclear fuel management, commercial nuclear power plant decommissioning, emergent material degradation issues, and the introduction of accident tolerant fuels by directing broad scope technical and regulatory programs. He held prior positions in Government (with the Department of Energy) and Industry (at three commercial nuclear power plants). He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering (University of Cincinnati, 1985) and a Master of Business Administration degree (Lewis University, 2000).

Bruce Montgomery is currently Director, Decommissioning and Used Fuel at the Nuclear Energy Institute. Bruce has 41 years of commercial nuclear experience, beginning in the late 1970s at Bechtel where he worked on new plant licensing and the TMI-2 post-accident recovery project. He joined Baltimore Gas and Electric in 1982 where he worked in various licensing and engineering capacities at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. Bruce’s experience includes serving in a variety of roles, including a tour at INPO as an engineering evaluator, site engineering director at the Nine Mile Point and the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plants; and corporate roles at Constellation Energy Nuclear Group and Exelon responsible for fleet programs in quality assurance, emergency preparedness, security, and regulatory affairs. Bruce retired from Exelon in 2014 and joined NEI where was engaged in regulatory policy and in development of strategies to promote the commercial nuclear energy industry.

Bruce graduated from the US Naval Academy 1976 with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering and is a member of the American Nuclear Society.

After leaving the State of New Jersey for the private sector, Mr. Morgan held various positions including Site Health & Safety Officer, Project Manager and Program Manager; working for well know environmental, remediation and waste management companies; including Conti Federal Services; ENSR/AECOM & MHF Logistical Solutions, Inc.
Mr. Morgan is one of the founders and principals of I.C.E. Service Group, Inc. (ICE) www.iceservicegroup.com and Strategic Packaging Systems (SPS) www.spsonline.biz. ICE & SPS provide packaging, transportation, logistics and waste management services to public and private industries; the majority of which involve radioactive waste; hazardous waste and hazardous materials.
ICE & SPS have operations across North America; Including; New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Arizona & Tennessee; these don’t include project offices across North America. ICE & SPS employ approximately 100 individuals across North America.
Mr. Morgan is a career veteran with over 30 years of direct hands on experience in the management of over $500,000,000 in projects related to environmental construction services, remediation, hazardous waste management, remediation, demolition and emergency response services. During his career, he was often called upon to assist in the turn-around of problem projects by implementing his project management expertise, and value-added recommendations to successfully see the projects to completion.
Over his career, he has worked on some of our countries most notable environmental and remediation projects. He was the program manager for such projects as the CIC Superfund Site, Li Tungsten Superfund Site, Buckeye Landfill Superfund Site and Maywood Superfund Site. Over his career he was directly responsible for developing and implementing the plans for the handling, security / threat assessment, management, transportation & disposal of over 15,000,000 tons of low-level radioactive waste, hazardous and non-hazardous waste.

Carol Peterson has over 38 years of experience in the nuclear power industry and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Strategy & Planning for the nuclear group in Exelon Generation. Carol’s responsibilities in Strategy & Planning include project management, business planning, long term capital and asset management, decommissioning, license renewal, and advanced reactor technology. She has led significant efforts in Exelon, including development of the Exelon decommissioning management model, integration of acquired plants into the Exelon fleet and implementation of the long term asset management planning process. She is also responsible for developing and implementing strategic opportunities, capitalizing on Exelon Nuclear’s strengths in operational and technical expertise in nuclear power plant operations.
Carol joined Exelon in 2002 as the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis and served as Vice President, Nuclear Finance. Prior to Strategy & Planning, she served as the Vice President of Project and Asset Management. Other positions she held include Site Director of Engineering, Site Business Director and executive in an engineering consulting firm.
Carol holds a master’s degree in Management from Northwestern University, a bachelor’s degree in General Engineering from the University of Illinois and was a certified PWR Senior Reactor Operator and licensed Professional Engineer in Illinois. She also serves on the Board of the Northern Illinois Food Bank.

Susan Raimo is Assistant General Counsel in the Entergy Legal Department’s Nuclear and Environmental Group. She focuses primarily on decommissioning-related issues and provides nuclear regulatory support to Entergy’s merchant plants in the Northeast and Midwest. Before joining Entergy in 2014, she worked as an associate for ten years at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, in the firm’s Nuclear Energy Practice Group in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, she served as a law clerk to the NRC’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel. Susan earned a law degree from the Emory University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia.

Mark is the Senior Project Manager-Decommissioning and Used Fuel, at the Nuclear Energy Institute. He has over 30 years of experience in nuclear energy. He manages NEI’s Used Fuel Transportation & Consolidated Interim Storage Task Force, Used Fuel Working Group, Dry Storage Task Force as well as advanced reactor codes and standards, materials aging and quality program issues. He earned a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Applied Science in Metallurgy from the University of Delaware, a Doctorate in Materials Science and Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Baltimore.

Andrea Sterdis is the HDI Vice President of Regulatory and Environmental Affairs. In this role she leads the regulatory, licensing and environmental programs for HDI’s decommissioning fleet maintaining fleet focus on regulatory compliance with the site NRC-issued license as well as federal, state and local regulations, standards and permits. Andrea is positioned to drive effective regulatory compliance across the fleet through performance improvement, best practices and lessons-learned in the decommissioning licensing and environmental areas. Her experience drives HDI’s uncompromising commitment to regulatory compliance and contributes to maintaining a strong nuclear safety culture across the fleet.

Previously Andrea held the position of Comprehensive Decommissioning International (CDI) VP of Regulatory, Environmental, Quality and Safety. In that role she developed and implemented the CDI regulatory, licensing and environmental programs and supporting infrastructure. Her systematic approach provides a strong, programmatic platform for maintaining compliance with federal, state and local regulations and standards. Andrea also has been the Holtec lead for the development, submittal and licensing acceptance of the Oyster Creek and Pilgrim License Transfer Applications. She led the development and submittal of the HDI revised Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Reports; Site-specific Decommissioning Cost Estimates; and the HDI requests for exemptions to use Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund monies to cover the costs of Spent Fuel Management and Site Restoration activities. These HDI submittals support the Pilgrim and Oyster Creek LTA’s.

Andrea has 38 years of experience in the nuclear power industry. She has held positions of increasing leadership responsibilities for Westinghouse, TVA, Southern California Edison, SCANA, Atkins Energy/SNC-Lavalin and CDI. Her leadership roles have included Senior positions in regulatory affairs where she was responsible for operating plant licensing; AP600 and AP1000 design certification and COL licensing; SMR licensing; and decommissioning plant licensing and environmental compliance. She also held leadership roles in new plant, operating plant and I&C engineering organizations. Andrea’s experience and her dedication are key to the development of Holtec’s fleet approach to Decommissioning. Andrea brings proven leadership for the successful development and execution of the HDI’s regulatory, licensing and environmental process.

June E. Tierney was sworn in as the Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Service by Governor Phil Scott on January 5, 2017. Prior to her appointment, Commissioner Tierney served as general counsel to the Vermont Public Service Board (2012-2016). Before then, she served as a Board hearing officer (2008-2012), as well as a staff attorney at the Vermont Department of Public Service (2001-2008). A 1986 graduate of Boston University and a 1993 graduate of Vermont Law School, Commissioner Tierney began her legal career with a clerkship at the Vermont Supreme Court, followed by three years as an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City, where she specialized in securities fraud litigation, white collar crime defense and corporate internal compliance investigations. Before her admission to the bar, Commissioner Tierney had the honor of serving on active duty as a commissioned officer in the United States Army (1986-1990).

Bruce A. Watson, CHP is the Chief, of the Reactor Decommissioning Branch in the Division of Decommissioning Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs in the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

Bruce has been with the NRC since March 2004. He has extensive experience in decommissioning of reactors and materials sites and was the technical lead for the license terminations at Trojan, Maine Yankee, Rancho Seco, and Big Rock Point power reactors. He has overseen the closure and license terminations at AAR and Stepan material sites and the University of Illinois, NASA, and Cornell research reactors. In May 2010, Bruce was appointed as the Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, and is responsible for power and research reactor, complex materials and uranium decommissioning project management, licensing and inspection programs. Since 2010, he has overseen the license terminations at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, University of Arizona, University of Michigan, and SUNY at Buffalo research reactors and the power reactor decommissioning activities at Humboldt Bay, La Crosse and Zion. Bruce has extensive international decommissioning experience with the IAEA in the development of decommissioning safety guides and training programs, served as an expert on IAEA missions, bilateral decommissioning cooperation meetings with France, Korea, Taiwan and has provided reactor decommissioning workshops in Korea and Taiwan. Prior to joining the NRC, his previous experience included management of defense complex decommissioning projects at Rocky Flats and international projects in Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom. Bruce has 20 years of reactor operating experience and served as the Radiation Safety Manager at Calvert Cliffs.

Bruce has a B.S. from Virginia Tech and is certified by the American Board of Health Physics. He has 40 years of experience in health physics, including over 30 years of management experience.

Mike Wright is a Decommissioning Engineering Manager for Pacific Gas & Electric at Diablo Canyon power plant. In this role, he is responsible for the cost estimates and implementation plans for several scopes of work including reactor vessel segmentation, large component removal, cold & dark program, spent fuel pool island, security plan/staffing and spent fuel management. The Diablo Canyon decommissioning team is currently preparing the pre-shutdown scopes of work in preparation for the eventual shutdown of Diablo Canyon U1 & U2 in 2024 and 2025, respectively. Mr. Wright began his career at Diablo Canyon in 1988 and held positions of increasing responsibility, including system engineer, maintenance foreman, operation manager, maintenance manager and engineering manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and has held a Senior Reactor Operator license.