I’m looking forward to the Commissioner joining our discussions about important policy issues facing the agency and the nation
– Source NRC –
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko has administered the oath of office to the newest Commissioner, Dr. George Apostolakis, in a ceremony at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Md.
The addition of Apostolakis, a professor of nuclear science, brings the agency to its full complement of five commissioners for the first time since 2007. He joins the other Commissioners Kristine L. Svinicki, William D. Magwood and William C. Ostendorff. Both Magwood and Ostendorff were sworn in April 1.
“I’m looking forward to the Commissioner joining our discussions about important policy issues facing the agency and the nation,” said Jaczko. “He brings an exceptional background and talent to the NRC. His insights and experience will strengthen our decision-making and help us to continue to meet our critical mission to protect public health, safety and the environment.”
“Nuclear safety has been at the center of my career and I look forward to working with my fellow commissioners to shape policy on the important regulatory issues facing the agency,” said Apostolakis, who is a former member and chairman of the statutory Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards at the NRC.
Before joining the NRC, Apostolakis was the Korea Electric Power Corporation professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and a professor of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the founder of the International Conferences on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management and received the Tommy Thompson Award for his contributions to improvement of reactor safety in 1999 and the Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education in 2005 from the American Nuclear Society. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2007.
The NRC commissioners have five-year terms, each staggered one year apart. Apostolakis was confirmed to a term that ends June 30, 2014.
Apostolakis biography:
The Honorable George Apostolakis was sworn in as a Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on April 23, 2010, to a term ending on June 30, 2014.
Dr. Apostolakis has had a distinguished career as an engineer, professor and risk analyst. Before joining the NRC, he was the Korea Electric Power Corporation professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and a professor of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was also a member and former chairman of the statutory Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards of the NRC.
In 2007, Dr. Apostolakis was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for “innovations in the theory and practice of probabilistic risk assessment and risk management.” He has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal Reliability Engineering and System Safety and is the founder of the International Conferences on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management. He received the Tommy Thompson Award for his contributions to improvement of reactor safety in 1999 and the Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education in 2005 from the American Nuclear Society.
Dr. Apostolakis has published more than 120 papers in technical journals and has made numerous presentations at national and international conferences. His research interests include the use of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) in reactor design; uncertainty analysis; decision analysis; infrastructure security; risk-informed and performance-based regulation; human reliability; and risk management involving multiple stakeholders. He has edited or co-edited eight books and conference proceedings and has participated in many PRA courses and reviews.
Dr. Apostolakis received his diploma in electrical engineering from the National Technical University in Athens, Greece in 1969. He earned a master’s degree in engineering science from the California Institute of Technology in 1970 and a Ph.D. in engineering science and applied mathematics in 1973, both from the California Institute of Technology.