NRC NAMES CHARLES BROWN TO ITS 

 ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has appointed Charles Brown to its Advisory 

Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), which advises the Commission on the licensing and 

operation of nuclear power plants, and related safety issues. 

Brown earned both a bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering and a master of 

science degree in Engineering from the University of Louisville. He also earned a Certificate of 

Completion (Master of Science equivalent) in Nuclear Reactor Engineering from Bettis Atomic 

Power Laboratory. 

Brown is a Senior Advisor for Electrical Systems at BMT Syntek Technologies, Inc. He 

has more than 35 years experience in engineering management including: involvement in policy 

setting and planning; technical direction for reactor plants and their instrumentations; control, 

protection, and technical systems equipment design; development and systems integration; 

procurement; and long-term support program management for all nuclear-powered ships for the 

U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Program. 

He has received numerous awards including the Civilian Meritorious Service Award in 

1999 and the Senior Executive Service Meritorious Executive Award twice; in 1988 and 1996. 

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 a 

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, Nev.; 

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

Santa Barbara, Calif.; 

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No. 08-108 June 4, 2008
 Dr. Dennis C. Bley, president of Buttonwood Consulting, Inc., and principal of The 

WrethWood Group, Oakton, Va.; 

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

Northeast Utilities, Conn.; 

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

University of Wis. Madison, Wis.; 

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

Burlington, Kan.; 

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

National Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M.; 

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

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill.; 

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

Pittsburgh, Pa.; and 

 John W. Stetkar, principal of Stetkar & Associates and technical expert for the 

International Atomic Energy Agency, Lake Forest, Calif. 

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