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Published on: 6/20/2005
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Mr. Ashok Thadani is presently serving as the Director for International Research and Development Projects in the Office of the Chairman , U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), a position he assumed in May of 2004.
Mr. Thadani joined the NRC in 1974 as a reactor engineer in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR).He has served in a series of progressively more responsible positions in areas dealing with domestic and international nuclear safety issues, including Chief of the Probabilistic Risk Assessment Branch; Assistant Director for Systems in the Division of Engineering Systems Technology; Director, Division of Systems Technology; Director, Division of Systems Safety and Analysis; Associate Director for Inspection and Technical Assessment; and Associate Director for Technical Review.His most recent assignment was as Director of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, a position he held from June 1997 until he assumed his present position to facilitate improve safety and promote harmonization of safety issue identification and resolution, domestically and internationally, by improved understanding, cooperation, and communication with designated nuclear regulators and organizations.