NRC NAMES TWO NEW MEMBERS TO ITS 

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has appointed Mr. John W. Stetkar and Dr. Dennis 

C. Bley to its Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), which advises the 

Commission on licensing and operation of nuclear power plants and related safety issues. 

Mr. Stetkar is a principal of Stetkar & Associates and has more than 27 years of 

experience as an engineering consultant. He is an internationally recognized expert in the fields 

of risk assessment and reliability analysis. Mr. Stetkar also serves as a technical expert for the 

International Atomic Energy Agency. Prior to his career as a consultant, he was a licensed senior 

reactor operator at the Zion nuclear station. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical 

engineering, and a master’s degree in nuclear and environmental engineering from the 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Dr. Bley is president of Buttonwood Consulting, Inc., and principal of The WrethWood 

Group, with more than 30 years of experience in nuclear and electrical engineering, reliability 

and availability analysis. He has served on a number of technical review panels for NRC and 

Department of Energy programs and is a frequent lecturer in short courses for universities, 

industry, and government agencies. Dr. Bley holds a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from the 

University of Cincinnati, and a doctorate in nuclear reactor engineering from the Massachusetts 

Institute of Technology. In addition, he attended the U.S. Navy Nuclear Power School in 1968 

and the Center College of Kentucky in 1963. 

The other members of ACRS are: 

Dr. Said Abdel-Khalik, (Member-at-Large), Southern Nuclear Distinguished Professor, George 

W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.; 

Dr. George E. Apostolakis, professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and professor of 

Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.;

Dr. Joseph S. Armijo, adjunct professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University 

of Nevada, Reno; 

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Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee, professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Santa 

Barbara; 

Dr. Mario V. Bonaca (Vice-Chairman), retired director, Nuclear Engineering Department, 

Northeast Utilities, Conn.; 

Dr. Michael Corradini, professor and chairman of the Department of Engineering Physics, 

University of Wisconsin; 

Mr. Otto L. Maynard, retired chief executive officer, Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp., Kan.; 

Dr. Dana A. Powers, senior scientist, Nuclear Facilities Safety Department, Sandia National 

Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M.; 

Dr. William J. Shack, (Chairman), retired associate director, Energy Technology Division, 

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill.; and 

Mr. John Sieber, retired senior vice president, Nuclear Power Division, Duquesne Light Co., 

Pittsburgh, Pa. 

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