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Applicant Exhibit A-4,consisting of RA Karam Resume
ML20116F975
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Issue date: 06/24/1996
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I Neely Nuclear Research Center 6133 Kings Mountain Court i Georgia Institute of Technology Stone Mountain, GA 30087 l 900 Atlantic Drive, N. W. Telephone (770) 564'2983 Atlanta, GA 30332 i Telephone: (404) 894-3620 ,

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! EDUCATION:

Ph. D., Nuclear Engineering, University of Florida, 1963 M. S., Nuclear Engineering, University of Florida, 1960

! B. S., Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 1.958 i

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! EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND:

1984 - Present Director, Neelv Nuclear Research Center, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332.

Accomplished the following

o Developed and obtained USNRC approval for an l

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o Developed a plan and obtained USNRC approval for dismantlement and decommissioning of the Georgia Tech AGN-201 reactor. Decommissioning was  ;

completed in 1986.

o Coordinated in record time, i.e., 8 months, the planning, procedure writing, procedure  ;

implementation and personnel training / retraining i for.the GTRR restart program.

o Increased GTRR program funding to the levels needed  !

to more than cover expenses from 1983 - 1996. l o Restructured the Georgia Tech Radiation Safety Office and built it on a foundation of technical excellence governed by detailed, written procedures.

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  • Page 2 o Restructured reactor operating personnel and redirected the " operational culture" from one of
  • casual informality to one governed by written,

. approved procedures. Sensitivity training to USNRC regulations and requirements was strongly featured.

i o wrote proposals and directed research activities  ;

with a volume of $11 million dollars.

o Organized the Education, Research and Development Association of Georgia Universi'ler and obtained a multi-million dollar contract with Westinghouse and  !

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! 1972 - Present Professor of Nuclear Encineerina and Health {

j Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,  !

l GA 30332. Accomplishments include the followings i 2

o Originated and taught the following courses: l

NE 6201 Advanced Reactor Physics I

, NE 6202 Advanced Reactor Physics II .- '

!' NE 6235 Reactor Safety NE 6237 Fast Reactors  ;

j NE 6205 Reactor Laboratory 1

o Taught the following courses:

NE 4201 Reactor Physics I

NE 4202 Reactor Physics II NE 4205 Reactor Laboratory 4

NE 6260 Radiation Shielding i NE 6229 Reactor Applied Theory ~

j NE 3211 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering i L l o Coordinated graduate curriculum for the School of i Nuclear Engineering for 10 years. j G

o Supervised 12 Ph. D. students and numerous M. S.

I candidates.

! o Edited the following books:

1. " Energy and the Environment -

Cost Benefit Analysis." Pergamon Press, 1975, with K. Z.

Morgan.

2. " Environmental Impact of Nuclear Power Plants." Pergamon Press, 1975.
3. " Advanced Reactors: Physics, Design and 1 Economics." Pergamon Press, 1974, with J.

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4. " Societal Cost of Nuclear and Other Energy j Alternatives." Pergamon Press, 1981, with L. I Weaver.  ;
5. " Anticipated and Abnormal Transients in l Nuclear Power Plants." Two volumes, ANS, l 1987. l i

o Research activities included: Doppler Broadening; perturbation theory; neutron transport; anharmonic effects on crystalline binding and effects on  :

reactor parameters; advanced reactor concepts based on metallic fuels; cross section generation; fuel cycles; and reactor safety.

o Research interests now includes computerized control of reactor. speration using artificial intelligence; operational safety; emergency planning; procedure development; and environmental effluents, measuring techniques and methods 1963 - 1972 Scientist and Encineer. Argonne National Laboratory. Achievements included the followings o Developed measuring techniques for adjoint flux and die-away modes of prompt neutrons and normalization integral.

o Developed measuring techniques for small reactivity changes and flux profiles. '

o Developed analytical methods to handle exact perturbation theory for situations where severe

- flux depressions existed as a function of space and energy.

o Managed the zero power reactor VI program for LMFBR development.

o Participated in the development of the fast neutron  ;

dosimeter. '

o Developed methods for measuring delayed neutron

, emission-from Th-232 to Cf-252.

i o Written safety analysis reports for the EPR-VI assemblies.

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o Dr. Karam is a consultant to several national and international organizations . He is also a fellow  !

in the American Nuclear Society. He published more than 80 technical papers.

1972 - Present Consultant to various organizations, some of which ,

are listed below: )

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1. Georgia Power Company, Reactor Safety Keview ]

Subcommittee, 1985 to present.

2. Southern Company, technical support, 1985 -

present.

3. Veterans Administration, evaluate programs of nuclear reactor at Omaha, Nebraska, 1986 -

present.

4. Nuclear Assurance Corporation, design of transport and storage casks, 1983 - present.
5. Department of Energy, evaluation of LMR designs, 1985 - 1987.
6. Batelle Pacific Northwest, dose release in H 2 O from spent fuel.
7. Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, program evaluation, 1974
8. Brazil Institute of de Energia Atomica, set up Reactor Physics Program, 1973 - 1974.
9. Wells Fargo, develop procedures for handling radioactive substances, 1975 - 1976.
10. Board of Directors, Nuclear Services, 1972 -

1974.

11. Board of Directors, Energy Technology, Inc.,

1974 - 1976.

12. Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Cross Section Evaluation, 1972 - 1982.

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R.A. Karam Page 5 HONORS:

o Fellow, American Nuclear Society, cited for outstanding contributions in reactor physics and nuclear engineering education.

o Listed in most Who's Who PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AT GEORGIA TECH:

o Chairman, Nuclear Engineering Schools's Graduate Curriculum Committee, 1972 - 1982 o Chairman, School's Program and Tenure Committee, 1977 -

1979 o Member, Nuclear Safeguard Committee, 1972 - 1978 o Member, Dean's Planning Committee, 1982 - 1983 ,

o Chairman, Ph. D. Preliminary Examination Committee,1983

- 1984 o Member, Dean's Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1983 -

1984 o Chairman, committees of 14 doctoral candidates o Member, numerous committees of Ph. D. and M. S. students' committees o Member, Editorial Board of Annals of Nuclear Energy,1981

- present AT AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY:

o Chairman, Atlanta Section of ANS, 1977 - 1979 o Secretary, Reactor Physics Division of ANS, 1978 - 1980

, o Executive Committee, Reactor Physics Division, ANS,1980 ,

- 1983 i o Executive Committee, ANS Atlanta, 1979 - 1984 o Co-Chairman, Technical Program, Topical, Advanced Reactors: Physics, Design and Economics, 1974 o Member, National Technical Program Committee, ANS l

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o Assistant Chairman, National ANS Annual Meeting, June, i 1980 l i

o Candidate for Board of Directors, American Nuclear '

Society, 1985  !

o Chairman, Glenn Murphy Award Committee, American Society for Engineering and Education o Member, ANS Award Committee, 1985 - present o Chairman, Atlanta Section Honors and Awards Committee, 1985 o Chairman, Technical Program Committee, Anticipated and Abnormal Transients in Nuclear Power Plants, Topical held in April, 1987 INVITED LECTURES:

o " Basic Requirements for Standards in Reactor Physics,"

ANS, 1974 o " Generation of Effective Cross Sections," International Conference held at Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1975 i

o "The Thorium Cycle Potential in a Breeder Economy," ANS, '

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o "The Pressure Vesuel Question," ANS, 1977  !

o " Denatured Breeders," ANS, 1981 o "The Effective Delays Neutron Fractions and the i Reactivity Coefficient," ANS, 1982

, o " Comparison of Measured and Calculated Delayed Neutron Yields," American Chemical Society, March 1982 o " Heterogeneity and Anisotropy Effects on Group Cross

, Sections," Brc khaven National Laboratory, 1982 o "The U-233/U-238 LMFBR Operating on an Extended Burn-up Cycle," National Science Foundation, 1982

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R.A. Karam Page 7 o " Safety Considerration of Thorium-Based Liquid Metal Reactors" o International Conference on Waste Disposal and Radiation Problems, American Nuclear Society, 1979 PAPERS PUBLISHED IN REFEREED SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

1. " Conceptual Design for an Epithermal Neutron Beam Facility at the Georgia Tech Research Reactor." Sixth International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer, Nov. 1-4, Koba, Japan, 1994 with Kate Klee.
2. " Georgia Tech Research Reactor Conversion to Low Enrichment-Calculational Capability Assessment Proceeding of an International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors. " Newport, Rhode Island, ANL/RERTR/TM-18, July, 1993. '
3. "A Simple and Accurate Numerical Method for Evaluation of Resonance Line Shape. " Annals Nuclear Energy, Vol.18, No. 5, pp.49-257, 1991.
4. "On the Evaluation of the Cubic, Quartic and Thermal Phonon Shifts and Cubic Phonon Widths." Annals Nuclear Energy, Vol.

18, No. 5, pp. 254-268, 1991.

5. "Anharmonic Effects on the Resonance Line Shape of U23e in UO2 . " Annals Nuclear Energy, Vol. 18, No. 8, pp. 427-442, 1991.
6. " Analysis of Partial-Refueling, Ultra-Long Life Core Using Metallic Fuel for 1000 MW(e) LMFBRS. " Nuclear Technology, 86, pp. 49-59, July 1989.
7. " Metallic Fuel for the Na-Cooled Reactors with an Extended 4

Burn-up Cycle." Annals of Nuclear Energy, H , 137, 1985.

8.. " Space, Energy and Anisotropy Effects on U-238 Effective

! Capture Cross Section in the Resonance Region." Annals of Nuclear Energy, H , 41, 1984, with B. Meftah.

9. " Space, Energy and Anisotropy Effects on Diffusion Coefficients in the Resonance Region. " Annals of Nuclear Energy, H , 41, 1984, with B. Meftah.
10. " Interface Effects in Multi-Region Reactors." Annals of Nuclear Energy, H , 33, 1984, with B. Meftah.

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, 11. " Metallic Combinations of Pu-Th and U232 -Th or Pu-Th and U:23 U 22' as Possible Alternatives to (Pu-U)O2 in LMFBR's." Nuclear i

Technology, 51, 535, 1982.

! 12. " Denatured Breeders . " Annals of Nuclear Energy, 1, 115, 1981, 1 i

with C. C. Lee.

j 13. " Spectral Shift Effects Induced by Doppler Bordering on i

Reactivity Coefficient. " Nuclear Science and Engineering,  !

21, 278, 1981, with A. Alapour. l

! 14. " Delay Neutron Yields: Time Dependent Measurements and a Predictive Model." Physical Rev. C., H , 1113, 1981, with R.

Waldo.

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15. " Spatial Dependence of Effective Resonance Cross Sections."

.; Annals of Nuclear Energy, 1, 215, 1981, with B. Meftaty. -

1 1 16. " Chemical Binding Effects on Resonance Line Shape and Neutron

] Capture Rates." Annals of Nuclear Energy, 1, 255, 1981, with i H. St. John.

17. " Measured Delay Neutron Yields." Trans. American Nuclear Society, H, 879, 1981.

! 18. " Denatured Breeders." Invited paper, Trans. American Nuclear

Society, H , 535, 1981.

I 19. " Effects of Source Anisotropy and Nonuniformity on Resonance i

Cross Sections in Multiregion Problems." Trans. American Nuclear Society, M , 664, 1981, with B. Meftah.

20. " Denatured Fuels in LMFBR's. " Trans. American Nuclear Society, M , November, 1980, with A. Alapour.
21. " Effects of Resonance Profile Representation on Reactor

. Integral Parameters." Trans. American Nuclear Society, M ,

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. November, 1980.

22. " Optimization and Comparison of the Growth Potential of Metallic Pu-Th and U232 -Th with Mixed Pu-U Oxide in LMFBR's." I i

Trans. American Nuclear Society, November 12-16, 1979, with C. I C. Lee.

23. " Safety Considerations of Thorium-Based Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactors. " International Conference on Waste Disposal and Radiation Problems, 1979, with C. C. Lee.

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24. " Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactors with Thori un-Based 3 Metallic Fuels." International Conference on Waste Disposal
.and Radiation Problems, 1979, with C. C. Lee.

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25. " Breeding Performance of Metallic Pu-Th, U233-Th , U233-U23e

] Versus (Pu-U)O2 Fuels in LMFBR's. " International Symposium on l Fast Reactor Physics, IAEA Report No. IAEA-SM-244-60, 1979, i with C. C. Lee.

l l 26. "The Pressure Vessel Question." Trans. American Nuclear Society, H , November, 1977.

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27. "The Thorium-U " Cycle as an Alternative to LMFBR's. "

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!, American Nuclear Society, H , November 1977.

i 28. "A General Method for Generating Effective Resonance Cross l Sections for Heterogeneous Media." Nuclear Science and l

Engineering, H, 215, 1976, with K. D. Kirby.

! 29. " Spacial Dependence of Broad Group Cross Sections," in i Advanced Reactors: Physics. Desian and Economics,* J. M.

! Kallfelz and R. A. Karam, eds., Pergamon Press, 1975, with C.

j Mildrum.

30. "On the Discrepancy Between Measured and Calculated Central j Reactivity Coefficients." Nuclea.7 Science and Engineering,
H , 201, 1973.

j 31. "On the Discrepancy Between Measured and Calculated Central 4

Reactivity' Coefficients." Trans. Junerican Nuclear Society, j H, 504, 1972.

l 32. "On the Discrepancy Between Measured and Calculated Reactivity l Coefficients." Proc. International Meeting on Fast Reactor

Physics, Tokyo, Japan, 1973.

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l 33. " Comparison of ENDF/B Versions I, II, and Preliminary III." l 1 Trans. American Nuclear Society, l b 458, 1972. l j 34. " Anisotropic Effects in a 4000-Liter UO Fast Core, EPR-6

. Assembly 6A." Trans. American Nuclear Society, 11, 21, 1971.

l 35. " Analysis of Heterogeneity and Sodium Void Effects in a 270- 1

< Liter Uranium Carbide Fast Core, EPR-6 Assembly 5." Nuclear  !

Science and Engineering, D , 5, 1971.

i: 36. " Analysis of Central Reactivity Worths in Fast Critical

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Assemblies." Nuclear Science and Engineering, iq, 414, 1970.

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37. " Analysis of Sodium-Void Coefficients." Trans. American Nuclear Society, M , 284,.1970.
38. " Measurements of the Normalization Integral and the Spatial Distribution of the Importance of Fission Neutrons." Nuclear Science and Engineering, H , 192, 1969.
39. " Analysis of the Die-Away of Prompt Neutrons with Two-Group Time Dependent Diffusion Equations in Reflected Reactors. "

Nuclear Science and Engineering, H , 285, 1969.

40. " Central Reactivity Worth Measurements and Calculations."

Trans. American Nuclear Society, H , 647, 1969.

41. " Critical Mass Sensitivity to the Treatment of Heterogeneity Effects in a Large UC Fast Core, Assembly 5 of ZPR-6. " Trans.

American Nuclear Society, H , 718, 1969. ..

42. " Computer-Aided Calibration of a Fine Autorod, Nuclear Appl.

and Technology, 2, 342, 1969.

43. " Sodium-Void Effects in a 4000-Liter UO2 Core, Assembly 6 of ZPR-6." Trans. American Nuclear Society, H , 270, 1969.
44. "Large UC Fast Core, Assembly 5 of ZPR-6." Trans. American Nuclear Society, H , 243, 1968.
45. " Sodium-Void Effects in a Large UC Fast Core." Trans.

American Nuclear Society, H 244, 1968.

46. " Heterogeneity Effects in Large UC Fast Core." Trans.

American Nuclear Society, H , 245, 1968.

47. "A 4000-Liter UO' Fast Core Assembly 6 of ZPR-6." Trans.

American Nuclear Society, H , 597, 1968.

48. " Computer Calibration of e Fine Autorod. " Trans. American Nuclear Society, H ,566, 1968.
49. " Flux Intrastructure in a Large, Plate-Type Heterogeneous UO2 Fast Core." Trans. American Nuclear Society, H , 598, 1968.
50. " Zoned-Core Concepts." Trans. American Nuclear Society, M ,

270, 1967.

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51. " Measurement of the Spatial Distribution of the Importance of Fission Neutrons in Fast Reactors." Trans. American Nuclear Society, 1, 490, 1966.
52. " Measured Sodium-Void Coefficient and Fission Ratios in a Large Zoned Fast Reactor." Trans. American Nuclear Society, 1, 487, 1966.
53. " Comparison of Measured and Calculated Worths of various Materials in a Zoned Fast Assembly." Trans. American Nuclear Society, 1, 232, 1966.
54. " Measured and Calculated Flux Distributions in a Zoned Fast Reactor." Trans. American Nuclear Society, 1, 229, 1966.
55. " Analysis of the Die-Away. of Prompt Neutrons." Trans.

American Nuclear Society, H , 593, 1967.

56. " Spatial Dependence of Prompt Neutron Chains in Re lected Reactors." Trans. American Nuclear Society, 1, 225, 1965.
57. "An Experimental Study of X-Ray 'Attentuation of Polyethylene = Lead Shields. " International Journal of Applied Radiation'and Isotopes, H , 529, 1964 with J. Wethington.
58. " Measurement of Rossi- in -Reflected Reactors." Trans.

American Nuclear Society, 2, 283, 1964.

59. " Measurement of and Power Calibration of Fast Reactor."  !

Trans. American Nuclear Society, 2, 248, 1964. I

60. " Neutron Decay Spectrometer." Review of Scientific Instruments, H , 600, 1964, with T. F. Parkinson.

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61. " Spectrum Measurement with Neutron Decay Spectrometer."  !

Trans. American Nuclear Society, 1, 259, 1963. I 6 2,, "The Resonance Adsorption Integral of Rhenium. " Conf. Neutron Cross Section, 1, CONF-660303, 171, 1966.

63. "

An Experimental Study of Polyethylene-Lead Shields. " Trans.

4 American Nuclear Society, 2, 221. 1060. j TECHNICAL REPORTS

1. A 4000-Liter UO 2 Fast Core, Assembly 6 of EPR-6, Argonne National Laboratory Rept. No. ANL-7410, 75, 1969.  !

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2. Sodium-Void Effects in a Large UO 2 Fast Core, EPR-6, Assembly 6, ibid., p. 125.
3. Heterogeneity Effects in a Large UO2 Fast Core, EPR-6, Assembly 6, ibid., p. 133.
4. Measured Physics Parameters in a Large UC Fast Core, Assembly 5 of EPR-6, Argonne National Laboratory Rept. No. ANL-7310, 167, 1968.

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5. Two-Group Space Dependent Kinetics in Reflected Reactors, ibid., p. 480.
6. Physics Measurements in Tungsten-Based Fast Reactors, Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL-7007, 1967.
7. EPR-9 Assemblies No. 6-9 Critical Experiments, Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL-7208, 1967. ~
8. Measured Physics Parameters in a Zoned Fast UC Core, Assembly 4z, Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL-7281, 1966.
9. Experimental Verification of Reactor Physics Parameters of Zoned Cores, Intern. Conf. on Fast Critical Expts. and Their Analysis, ANL-7329, 403, 1966. I
10. Zoned Core Simulating a 2600-Liter Carbide Fast Core, Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL-7110, 114, 1965.
11. Note on Rossi- in Reflected Fast Reactors, ibid., p.

172.

12. Mn-55 and Co-59 Resonance Detectors, ibid., p. 293. I
13. Solid State Neutron Spectrometer, ibid., p. 300. I
14. Spatial Dependence of Prompt Neutron Chains, ikid., p. 330. I
15. A Statistical Method for the Measurement of .re. , Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL-7010, 188, 1965.
16. Analysis of Fast Neutron Spectrum Measurement by Magnetic Analysis of Charged Particles Produced by Neutron Interactions, ikid., p. 190.
17. Analysis for Large Fast Critical Assemblies, Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL-6271, 1966. l l

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18. Physics Parameters in Large Dilute UC Cores, Intern. Conf. on Fast Critical Experiments and Their Analysis, ANL-7320, 231, 1966.
19. Suspended-Bed Reactor Prelianinary Design - U233-Th232 Cycle, A report prepared for the U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration under contract No. E(40-1)-5263, May, 1977.
20. Time-Dependent Beta-Delayed Neutron Yields and Generalized Z Model for Fission Yield Prediction, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Report No. UCRL-84249, 1980.

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