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Why push materials to their breaking point?
Stephen Taller
We push materials to their breaking point for you.
Millions of Americans rely on nuclear energy. It provides 20 percent of electrical power in the United States—24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. To maintain this reliability, every material used in our reactors must work safely and efficiently.
I’m part of a team of world-class scientists, engineers, and technical professionals at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, testing and evaluating materials designed to thrive in one of the most complex environments on Earth. Nuclear reactors experience heavy stress loads, high temperatures, corrosive environments, and intense radiation fields. Combined, these forces can substantially impact the performance of cladding or other structural materials. We want to know where and under what conditions materials may fail to keep a reactor running safely and reliably.
Mr. Edward D. Fuller has 54 years of experience in the nuclear power industry. He is an ANS Fellow, and served on the ANS Board of Directors for several years since becoming an ANS member in 1966. He currently serves on the Operations and Power Division as well as the Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division.
Forty years of his industry experience encompassed consulting to senior management at General Electric in the Nuclear Energy Division and to nuclear utility senior management while an officer at Atlas Consulting Group, TENERA, Associated Project Analysts, and S. Levy, Inc.
Mr. Fuller directed the analysis required to satisfy the PSAR and FSAR requirements for all GE Boiling Water Reactors. His technical experience includes the area of nuclear safety and compliance to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). He has authored testimony before the U.S. Congress on behalf of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and served as an expert witness on several Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Hearings by the NRC.
Additionally, he has advised utilities on complex regulatory issues such as operability determinations on deteriorated plant systems, risk-based decision making and regulation and has served on several nuclear oversight boards.
Mr. Fuller spent from 1979 to 1989 managing the licensing program for TMI-2 clean-up as a consultant for the Utility GPU.
His work history includes Senior Engineering Consultant, ENERCON Services, Inc. 2008-2013; Senior Engineering Consultant, Beckman and Associates, 2003-2012; President, Associated Project Analysts (1996-2003); President and CEO, BNFL Fuel Solutions, 1998-2000; President, Atlas Consulting Group, Inc., 1994-1995; Senior Vice President, TENERA, L.P., 1992-1994; President, Associated Project Analysts, 1986-1992; Vice President, S. Levy Incorporated, 1979-1986; Senior Manager, General Electric Company, 1960-1979.
Mr. Fuller earned a B.A. in Physics from San Jose State University and an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Stanford University in addition to an Advanced Engineering Course at General Electric.
He is also affiliated with the National Society of Professional Engineers where he is licensed in California, and served on the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program-Board of Directors, 2000-2012 and the Ridgway Equestrian Adaptive Riding Program-Board of Directors, 2007-2009.
Read Nuclear News from July 1993 for more on Edward.
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