ROGER P. SHAW, CHP, RSO
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S.A.
EDUCATION:
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, B.Sc., Nuclear Engineering Technology,
School of Engineering, Minor in Radiation Protection
Graduate Studies, Oregon State University, Radiobiology
Graduate Studies, Dickinson College, Health Physics
Graduate Studies, Penn State University, Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation
Penn State University, Smeal College of Business, Executive Institute, Graduate
QUALIFICATIONS:
American Board of Health Physics, Comprehensive Certification (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
ANSI 18.1 qualified, Technical Manager (1988)
ANSI 3.1 qualified, Radiation Protection Manager (1988)
NRC Regulatory Guide 1.8 qualified, Radiation Protection Manager (1988)
Radiation Safety Officer qualified, 10 CFR 30, 10 CFR 33 (1981, 1998, 2012)
Emergency Director, GPU Nuclear (GPUN) (1991)
Certified FEMA Radiological Emergency Program (REP) Evaluator (2002)
PRESENT POSITION:
Chief Executive Officer
Shaw Partners LLC
June 1999 to present (www.shawpartners.com)
Faculty Member, Thomas Edison State College (TESC) and development of college courses in
the fields of Nuclear Energy Technology, Radiation Protection, and Radiation Safety Officer and
disciplines. Member of the TESC School of Business and Technology Industrial Advisory
Council (2012 to present).
Consultant to Entergy Nuclear on Emergency Preparedness and Radiation Protection issues.
Consultant to Lightbridge Corporation on Emergency Preparedness and Radiation Protection
issues for benchmark report on international Decommissioning Trust Funds for the United Arab
Emirates, 2013.
Associate, SC&A, Inc., (2012-present).
Partner, Thorium Nuclear Engineering (THOR-NE), Startup Co., thorium fuel cycle.
Project Manager, first U. S. Nuclear Utility Radiation Worker Cancer Mortality Study, in
association with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World
Health Organization. This first-ever epidemiological study of low-dose occupational exposure
involving 54,000 workers at 52 nuclear power plants across the U.S., as study which was part of
the largest study in the world by IARC of over 500,000 nuclear workers.
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Member, National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) Scientific Committee 1-22:
Radiation Protection for Astronaut Space Activities (NASA) June 2013 to present
Member, National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) Committee SC 1-13: Impact of
Individual Susceptibility and Previous Radiation Exposure on Radiation Risk for Astronauts
(NASA), NCRP Report No. 167, 2011.
Project Manager, Entergy Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Expert Panel (EPEP), formed to
evaluate improvements to the emergency preparedness program at IPEC, following the
Fukushima Daiichi accident.
Project Manager, Entergy Nuclear Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) Independent Expert Task
Force (IETF) on Emergency Preparedness, formed to evaluate improvements to the emergency
preparedness program at IPEC, following the Governor of New York requested evaluation by the
former Director of FEMA on the IPEC EP program (2003-2007).
Senior Technical Analyst for RADeCO Health for radiation dosimetry related to first responders,
military, emergency use and medical CT scans. Served as the Independent Radiation Health
Expert on the Indian Point Emergency Response team. Contributor to report on Enhanced
Emergency Planning, RBR Associates. Consultant to Entergy Nuclear for Professional
Development Program for Emergency Preparedness Managers, and Evaluation of Diablo
Canyon Power Plant Operating Experience with the Use of Multiple Meteorology Towers in
Emergency Dose Projection. FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness evaluator for graded
nuclear plant exercises. Program Committee Co-Chair and faculty advisor, first NYU School of
Medicine Physician Seminar for Mass Radiation Casualty Emergencies (2005).
Consultant, Indian Point Nuclear Plant and First Energy Corporation, assessment and
remediation of radioactivity in groundwater. Consultant, British Nuclear Fuels Limited, Dose
Reduction Committee for Hanford Nuclear Waste Tank Remediation Project. Instructor,
USNRC-sponsored training of Kazakhstan officials for nuclear facility decommissioning.
Consultant, OECD/NEA, on nuclear plant ALARA and radioactive effluent considerations for
the ICRP 2005 Report.
Consultant, faculty and curriculum project work, Nuclear Engineering Technology Program,
School of Applied Science and Technology, Thomas Edison State College (2011 to present).
Consultant, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Evaluation of the Radiological Controls Onsite
and External Evaluation Program.
Legal
Consulted on technical aspects of radiation injury litigation to major U.S. nuclear utilities.
Served as expert witness for a County Bomb Squad radiation injury claim. Provided the primary
support to the Radiation Injury Claims Joint Defense Group (RICJDG), representing 85% of U.S.
commercial nuclear plants on a variety of issues, including support to attorneys on scientific,
medical and technical issues in litigation, radiation claim avoidance and regulatory matters.
Provided monitoring and critical analysis of the proposed National Academy of Sciences Cancer
Mortality Study of Populations Surrounding Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities for the RICJDG, along
with other specific targeted industry issues.
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Thomson Reuters (Legal Expert Witness Services) Expert Witness (2011-present).
Innovative Science Solutions, Scientific Consultants to Industry and Counsel (2012-present).
Consulted on technical aspects of radiation injury litigation to major U.S. nuclear utilities.
Served as expert witness for a County Bomb Squad radiation injury claim. Provide support to the
Radiation Injury Claims Joint Defense Group (RICJDG), representing 85% of U.S. commercial
nuclear plants on a variety of issues, including support to attorneys on scientific, medical and
technical issues in litigation, radiation claim avoidance and regulatory matters. Provided
monitoring and critical analysis of the proposed National Academy of Sciences Cancer Mortality
Study of Populations Surrounding Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities for the RICJDG, along with
other specific targeted industry issues.
Expert Witness, PIMA County, AZ health damages claim, Bomb Squad Radiography activities.
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Accident
Presentation to ISOE Expert Group on Occupational Radiation Protection in Severe Accident
Management, Severe Accident Management: Radiation Dose Control Fukushima Daiichi and
TMI-2 Nuclear Plants, Nuclear Energy Institute, June 17, 2014 (Invited Paper)
Team Leader, EP Expert Panel for Entergy Nuclear to evaluate EP for their fleet of 12 nuclear
reactors in response to the Japan Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident (2011- 2012).
Presentation to Japan Parliament Members (PM), “Fukushima Daiichi and Potential Affects on
Tokyo”, including former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (invited speaker by PM Toshiaki
Koizumi), Tokyo, Japan, June 16, 2011.
Presentation to Hong Kong Government delegation (Security Bureau) to the U.S. on lessons learned
from the Fukushima Daiichi accident, on the topics of the use of Expert Panels on Emergency
Preparedness and Emergency Radiochromic Dosimeters, August 19, 2011.
Presentation to Japan Nuclear Energy Agency (JNES) and Society of Mechanical Engineers on
“Three Mile Accident Recovery Radiation Dose Management”, Tokyo, Japan, November 28, 2011
Presentation, “Three Mile Accident Recovery Radiation Dose Management”, to Senior Management
at the damaged Nuclear Power Plants of Tokai, November 29, and Onagawa, December 1, 2011.
Presentation, Three Mile Island Unit 2 Radiological Dose Management: Lessons Learned
Applicable to Fukushima Daiichi, 2012 International ISOE ALARA Symposium, January 9,
2012, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Invited Speaker)
Interview, Asahi Television Broadcasting, February 12, New York City, Three Mile Island and
Fukushima Accident Lessons Learned, Investigative Documentary, aired March 11, 2013 for the
2-year accident anniversary
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Support to Fuji Television (Tokyo, Japan) for documentary on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear
Power Plant accident.
PAST POSITIONS:
Scientist
K&L Gates LLP, Attorneys at Law
March 2008 – December 2009
Science analyst for major law firm (1800 attorneys) in areas of radiation protection, nuclear,
pharmaceuticals and general science. Firm is the national counsel for the Radiation Injury
Claims Joint Defense Group (RICJDG), representing 85% of U.S. commercial nuclear plants.
Provide support to attorneys on scientific, medical and technical issues in litigation, regulatory
and transactional matters in a variety of practice areas and disciplines; develop national strategy
for the RICJDG; train Counsel on radiation science; prepare expert witnesses; support myriad
clients for tort, Class Action, Workers Compensation, Superfund Site, complex Federal/State
mass toxic tort litigation.
Played a key role in analyzing scientific issues for a major pharmaceutical company in litigation
involving bone density loss. Served as the key technical analysis with Lucent Technologies Inc.
in a putative international class action brought on behalf of all U.S. and NATO military
personnel who worked with or around certain radar equipment from 1958 to 1992, claiming
radiation-induced cancer due to ionizing radiation exposure.
Consulting Health Physicist
McCarter & English LLP, Attorneys at Law
April 1997 to March 2008 (on loan from GPU Nuclear for first two years)
Science analyst for major law firm (400 attorneys) in areas of radiation protection, nuclear and
general science. Firm was the national counsel for the Radiation Injury Claims Joint Defense
Group (RICJDG). Responsible for health physics support to attorneys, developing national
strategy for RICJDG, support of training Counsel on radiation science, preparing expert
witnesses, supporting myriad of clients for tort/Class Action/Workers Compensation/Superfund
Site/complex mass toxic tort litigation.
Established one of the largest cadres of radiation experts in the world for use in radiation
litigation, with over 400 experts identified and 100 committed for participation in actual trials.
Played a major technical role with ARCO litigation related to Superfund site funding for the
Quehanna, Pennsylvania irradiation facility cleanup.
Director, Radiological Controls/Safety
GPU Nuclear Corporation, Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station
April 1993 to April 1997
Directed the overall Radiological Controls Program including the Radiological Field Operations,
Radiological Health, Radiological Engineering, Radiological Training, and Industrial Safety &
Health Programs, to ensure industrial safety and occupational health, and to minimize and
control radiation exposure in accordance with all applicable regulatory requirements.
Emergency duty as Senior Radiological Controls individual for emergency related activities.
Member, GPUN Radiological Effects Advisory Committee. Designated as the corporation’s sole
representative on the Bechtel Corporation’s proposal team for the 1996 bid on the Hanford
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Management and Integration, 5-year, $25B DOE contract. Staff (75-275 personnel). Annual
budget ($8-20M).
Director, Radiological Controls/Safety
GPU Nuclear Corporation, Three Mile Island Nuclear Station
August 1988 to March 1993
Maintained and directed the overall Radiological Controls Program including the Radiological
Field Operations, Radiological Health, Radiological Engineering, Radiological Training, and
Industrial Safety & Health Programs to ensure industrial safety and occupational health, and to
minimize and control radiation exposure in accordance with the Corporate Radiation Protection
Policy and Plan, and all applicable regulatory requirements. Emergency duty as Senior
Radiological Controls individual for emergency related activities. Member, GPUN Radiological
Effects Advisory Committee and GPU EMF Health Effects Task Force. Radiation Safety
Officer for Pennsylvania State license. Staff (75-125 personnel). Annual budget ($4-6M).
Manager, Radiological Engineering
GPU Nuclear Corporation, Three Mile Island Unit 1
March 1982 - August 1988
Implemented the Radiological Controls Program and the ALARA Program, functional
responsibility as the ALARA Coordinator, as well as the technical aspects of the support
functions including the respiratory protection, bioassay, internal and external dosimetry and
radiological instrument calibration. Ensured that the programs comply with the requirements of
the NRC, DER, the EPA, and other Federal and State agencies having jurisdiction over radiation
protection. Served as Radiological Assessment Coordinator for all plan emergencies.
Research Scientist
Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington
February 1980 - February 1982
Provided technical support to major research laboratory in area of radiological engineering and
health physics, including formulation of proposals and projects. Maintained Radiation Protection
and Radiological Design Criteria Manuals. Completed major review and rewrite of Radiation
Protection Manual. Responsible for oversight of the Battelle Occurrence Reporting System.
Responsible for coordinating radiation protection for all Radiation Generating Devices (X-ray
machines, accelerators, radioisotope sources). Served as RSO for Battelle Federal and State
Radioactive Material Licenses. Performed external contract work for DOE HQ: air analysis at
gaseous diffusion plant; characterization of radiochemical facility for D&D; and ANSI Standard
preparation.
Manager, Radiation Monitoring
Plutonium Production and Storage Facilities
Rockwell Hanford Operations, Richland, Washington
June 1979 - January 1980
Managed plutonium production plant radiation protection operations, including the supervision
of 18 health physics technicians. Implemented radiological controls in field. Provided training
for personnel on radiological protection and emergency procedures, including criticality events.
Reviewed procedures, facility-design changes and safety analyses. Conducted drills for facility
radiological emergencies and supervised all decontamination of personnel. Monitored facility
and effluents for radioactivity. Implemented the plutonium facility ALARA program.
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Radiological Engineer
Rockwell Hanford Operations and ARHCO, Richland, Washington
June 1976 - May 1979
Served as a radiological engineer at the DOE Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Program work
included spent fuel reprocessing, uranium-plutonium-americium processing, high-level defense
waste tank farms, low-level radioactive waste burial, hot-cells and large-scale radioanalytical
laboratories (including rad-chem-bio), decontamination canyons, Critical Mass Laboratory,
Californium Multiplier, as well as loaned special assignment for DOE Headquarters at the
Paducah gaseous diffusion plant. Developed the first-ever centralized Radiation Worker
Training Program at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and instructed over 3,000 Rockwell
Hanford workers following the 1976 Americium and Plutonium Ion Exchange Column Accident
which destroyed that facility for use. Performed the facility safety analysis for long-term lay-up
following the Americium accident.
SECURITY:
USDOE Q Security Clearance, Secret Access (1976-1982)
U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Plant Clearance, Unescorted Access, Safeguards
Materials Access, Vital Area Access (1982-1999)
Security Clearance, Critical National Infrastructure Authority, Federal Authority for
Nuclear Regulation, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (February 2011 – present)
AFFILIATIONS/COMMITTEES:
ISOE Expert Group on Occupational Radiation Protection in Severe Accident
Management, Severe Accident Management: Radiation Dose Control Fukushima Daiichi
and TMI-2 Nuclear Plants, Nuclear Energy Institute, June 17, 2014 (Invited Paper)
National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) Committee Member SC 1-22,
“Radiation Protection for Astronauts in Short Term Missions”, and Implications for Mars
Exploration, sponsored by NASA (May 2013- present)
Member, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Task Force on proposed changes to 40 CFR 190
(Nuclear Facility Effluents Radioactive Releases), April 2014-present
Member, Industrial Advisory Board for the Nuclear Engineering Technology Program in
the School of Applied Science and Technology, Thomas Edison State College (2012present)
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP), Adjunct Member
Health Physics Society (HPS), Plenary Member
American Academy of Health Physics, Diplomate (DAAHP)
Diplomate, American Board of Health Physics (ABHP)
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International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA)
President, Power Reactor Section, Health Physics Society (2008-2010)
Past-President, Power Reactor Section, Health Physics Society (2010-2013)
National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) Committee Member, SC 1-13, “Impact
of Individual Susceptibility and Previous Radiation Exposure on Radiation Risk for
Astronauts”, sponsored by NASA (2006-2010), NCRP Report 167, April 2010
Homeland Security Committee, Health Physics Society, Member (2006-2009)
Board of Directors, Power Reactor Section, Health Physics Society (2006-2012)
Health Physics Society, National Member; Power Reactor, Medical Physics, Radiation
Safety Officer, Decommissioning, and Homeland Security Sections
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Past Associate Member
Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), Past Member
American Nuclear Society (ANS), National Member
American Nuclear Society, Member; Radiation Protection & Shielding Division, Biology
& Medicine Division, Aerospace Nuclear Science & Technology Division, Operations &
Power Division
ANSI Standard Committee, ANS 5.7.2, Post-Accident Monitoring, Past Member
Executive Committee, American Nuclear Society, Central PA Section (1987-1993)
American Nuclear Society, Southern New Jersey Chapter, Past Member
Board of Directors, Health Physics Society, Susquehanna Valley Chapter (1988-1992)
Health Physics Society, Susquehanna Valley Chapter, Past Member
Health Physics Society, New Jersey Chapter, Past Member
Health Physics Society, South Texas Chapter, Past Member
Vice-Chairman, American Nuclear Society, Central PA Chapter (1990-1992)
Chairman, American Nuclear Society, Central PA Chapter (1992-1993)
GPU Nuclear Speakers Bureau (1985-1997)
Penn State University, Nuclear Eng. Curriculum Advisory Committee (1988-1993)
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Derry Township Emergency Management Agency Media Officer (1991-1993)
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) Peer Evaluator, Invited Special Assists
CONTINUING EDUCATION/TRAINING/PUBLICATIONS:
Webinar, “How Can Litigators Meld Expert Evidence with Winning Arguments?” A2L
Consulting & Innovative Science Solutions, May 6, 2014 (1.5 hours)
Nuclear Energy Institute Task Force Member, EPA 40CFR190 Radiation Effluent Limits,
Advance Notice or Rulemaking, March 2014-present
Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, July 27, 2012, Sacramento, CA, “Fukushima
Daiichi Accident Recovery: Dose Considerations Based on the Three Mile Island Unit 2
Accident Experience” (Presentation), Shaw R.P., Ethridge, D.W.
Thorium Energy Alliance Annual Meeting IV, May 31, 2012, Chicago, IL
Radiation Safety Officer Training, Radiation Safety Academy, Gaithersburg, MD, March,
2012 (40 hours, 32 CEUs)
Presentation, Three Mile Island Unit 2 Radiological Dose Management: Lessons
Learned Applicable to Fukushima Daiichi, 2012 International ISOE ALARA
Symposium, January 9, 2012, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Invited Speaker)
Presentation, Internal Alpha Dosimetry TMI-2 Cleanup Alpha Challenges, 2012
International ISOE ALARA Symposium, January 8, 2012, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Invited
Speaker)
Professional Enrichment Program, 2012 International ISOE ALARA Symposium,
Internal Alpha Dosimetry, January 8, 2012 (2 hours)
Professional Enrichment Program, 2012 International ISOE ALARA Symposium, New
ICRP Recommendations, January 8, 2012 (2 hours)
Presentation, “Three Mile Accident Recovery Radiation Dose Management”, to Senior
Management at the damaged Nuclear Power Plants of Tokai, November 29, and Onagawa,
December 1, 2011.
Presentation to Japan Nuclear Energy Agency (JNES) and Society of Mechanical Engineers
on “Three Mile Accident Recovery Radiation Dose Management”, Tokyo, Japan, November
28, 2011
Presentation to Hong Kong Government delegation (Security Bureau) to the U.S. on lessons
learned from the Fukushima Daiichi accident, on the topics of the use of Expert Panels on
Emergency Preparedness and Emergency Radiochromic Dosimeters, August 19, 2011.
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Presentation to Japan Parliament Members (PM), “Fukushima Daiichi and Potential Affects
on Tokyo”, including former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (invited speaker by PM
Toshiaki Koizumi), Tokyo, Japan, June 16, 2011.
Professional Enrichment Program, Legal Considerations for Radiation Risk and Dose
Projections, HPS Annual Meeting, June 28, 2011 (4 CECs)
Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, June 27-30, 2011, West Palm Beach, FL (12
CECs)
"Radiation Exposure From Medical Imaging Devices: The Dark Cloud in the
Silver Lining," Class Action Litigation, 8/13/10, Rysavy C.F., Shaw, R.P.; Vol. 11:15.
Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, June 27-30, 2010, Salt Lake City, UT (12 CECs)
HPS Annual Meeting Special Session, Nuclear Power Health Physics 2010, Power
Reactor Section Sponsored, June 28, 2010 (Program Co-Chair)
National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) Committee Member, SC 1-13, Impact
of Individual Susceptibility and Previous Radiation Exposure on Radiation Risk for
Astronauts (sponsored by NASA) (2006-2010), NCRP Report 167, April 2010
Small Modular Reactors, Special Committee on Nuclear Power Newsletter, American
Bar Association, April 2010, Rysavy C.F., Rhyne, S. K., Shaw R.P.
USFDA Workshop, Public Meeting: Device Improvements to Reduce Unnecessary
Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging, March 30-31, 2010 (Speaker)
USNRC Advanced Reactor Workshop, “Small and Medium-Sized Reactors”, Webinar,
October 7-8, 2009 (12 hours)
“Nuclear Plant Construction: From the Past to the Present and the Risks that Lie
Ahead”, Exponent Webinar, September 10, 2009 (1 CLE)
Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, July 13-15, 2009, Minneapolis, MN (12 CECs)
HPS Meeting Special Session, Radiation Protection for a Nuclear Power Renaissance,
Power Reactor Section Sponsored, July 14, 2009 (Program Coordinator)
Health Physics Society Mid-Year Meeting, “Recent Advances in Planning and Response
to Radiation Emergencies”, Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2009, San Antonio, TX (8 CECs)
DHHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures for Chemical, Biological,
Radiological and Nuclear Threats, Biomedical Research and Development Authority
(BARDA) Stakeholders Workshop, Washington DC, September 24-26, 2008
“Ignore NORM at Your Peril – Significant Potential Liability for Mishandling Naturally
Occurring Radioactive Materials,” Rysavy C.F., Shaw R.P., IOGA News, August, 2008
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Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, July 13-17, 2008, Pittsburgh, PA (12 CECs)
Professional Enrichment Program, Health Physics Society, Recent Developments in
Radiation Litigation, July 14, 2008 (4 CECs)
Professional Enrichment Program, Overview of Interactive Radioepidemiological
Program (IREP), July 15, 2008 (4 CECs)
National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) Annual Meeting, Low Dose and Low
Dose-Rate Radiation Effects and Models, N. Bethesda, MD, April 14-15, 2008 (6 CECs)
“Economic Impacts of Compliance with Dose Based Regulations for Selected Nuclear
Power Plant Programs”, EPRI Report, 2008 (Contributing Author)
Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, Law Enforcement Conference,
Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami, FL, June 11-15, 2007
Report on Enhanced Emergency Planning, RBR Associates, June 2007 (Contributor)
Electronic Evidence, McCarter & English, July 12, 2006, Continuing Law Education
Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, June 26-29, 2006, Providence, RI (12 CECs)
Nuclear Energy Institute, Groundwater Protection Workshop, Phil., PA, June 8, 2006
Nuclear Energy Institute, Groundwater Protection Initiative Committee (2006)
The 24th Annual International Dosimetry Symposium and National Dosimetry Records
Conference, Traverse City, MI, June 6-9, 2005 (Invited Speaker) (12 CEUs)
New York University School of Medicine, Radiation Emergencies: Sources, Exposures,
Consequences and Responses, New York, NY, May 7, 2005 (7 CMEs), Program
Consultant and Co-Chair (Selected All Faculty Presenters)
National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) Annual Meeting, Advances in
Consequence Management for Radiological Terrorism Events, Crystal City, MD, April
14-15, 2004 (6 CECs)
National Academy of Sciences, Assessment of the Distribution and Administration of
Potassium Iodide in the Event of a Nuclear Incident (Critical Reviewer), 2004
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), Annual Health Physics Forum, July 18-21, 2001,
Clearwater, FL.
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Emergency Preparedness and Communications Working
Group, Adjunct Member (2004-present)
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Radiation Protection Committee, Adjunct Member (19972009)
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Nuclear Energy Agency/OECD Working Group on Radiation Protection, Paris, France,
(Consultant)
Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, July 11-15, 2004, Washington D.C. (12 CECs)
Professional Enrichment Program, 2004 Annual HPS Meeting, Experts and Radiation
Litigation, Quehanna Facility Decontamination and Decommissioning (12 CECs)
“Voluntary Full-Body CT Screening, To Screen or Not to Screen, Some Legal
Considerations,” Health Physics News, February 2003 (Invited Article), Shaw, R.P.;
Rysavy C.F.; J.W. Donald
Testimony, New York City Council, Environmental Protection Committee, Indian Point
Nuclear Plant Emergency Preparedness, February 2003
Testimony, U.S. Congressional Forum, Indian Point Nuclear Plant Emergency
Preparedness, Marymount College, March 3, 2003
Public Comment, before President Bush’s Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker
Health, Energy Employee Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 2003
U.S. WIN Annual Workshop (Nuclear Energy Institute), Radiation Issues, San Antonio,
TX, August 4-6, 2002 (Invited Speaker).
National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) Annual Meeting, Where Biology
Meets Epidemiology: Impact on Radiation Risk Estimates, Crystal City, MD, April 1012, 2002 (6 CECs)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Radiological Emergency
Preparedness (REP) Exercise Evaluator Training, National Emergency Training Center,
Emmitsburg, MD, January 28-February 1, 2002 (Certified FEMA REP Evaluator)
Shaw, R. P.; Rysavy, C. F; Cehn, J. I., A Litigation Primer for the Health Physicist.
Health Physics, 81: 246-252; 2001 (Invited Manuscript). (12 CEUs)
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), Annual Health Physics Forum, July 8-11, 2001,
Clearwater, FL.
National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) Annual Meeting, Fallout from
Atmospheric Nuclear Tests—Impact on Science and Society, Crystal City, MD, April 45, 2001 (6 CECs)
Galactic Cosmic Radiation & Flight Crew Exposure Forum, American Airlines Training
Center, Dallas, Texas, March 19, 2001
Symposium, Health Benefits of Low-Dose Radiation: The Science and Medical
Applications, November 15, 2000, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Washington, DC.
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Invited Instructor, USNRC sponsored training, Radiation Protection Planning for
Decontamination & Decommissioning of Russian Reactors (Kazakhstan), November 8,
2000.
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), Annual Health Physics Forum, July 31-August 2, 2000,
San Diego, CA, IARC U.S. Commercial Nuclear Worker Cancer Study (Invited Speaker)
Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, June 25-28, 2000, Denver, CO (12 CECs)
Professional Enrichment Program, Radiation Litigation, 2000 HPS Meeting (12 CECs)
National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) Annual Meeting, Ionizing Radiation
Science and Protection in the 21st Century, Crystal City, MD, April 5-6, 2000 (6 CECs)
ISOE International ALARA Symposium, Orlando, FL, January 24-25, 2000 (Invited
Speaker)
Health Physics Society Annual Meeting, June 27-29, 1999, Philadelphia, PA (12 CECs)
Professional Enrichment Program, 1999 Annual HPS Meeting (12 CECs)
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), Health Physics Forum, June 21-23, 1999, Stuart, FL
NEA/ISOE ALARA Meeting, Represented U.S. Delegation for Boiling Water Reactors,
October 1998, Paris, France (Invited Speaker)
Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation (MEIR) for Medical Corp Officers, Armed Forces
Radiobiology Research Institute (AFFRI), Department of Defense, Crystal City, MD,
August 31-September 3, 1998 (Post-Graduate Training)
NEI, Annual Health Physics Forum, June 15-17, 1998, Daytona, FL (Invited Speaker)
NCRP Annual Meeting, Cosmic Radiation Exposure of Airline Crews, Passengers and
Astronauts, April 1-2, 1998, Crystal City, MD
Radiation Safety Officer Training, RSO Inc., Rockville, MD, March, 1998 (40 hours)
Presentation, Joint Defense Group, Current and Future Litigation Issues in Health
Physics, Midwest and Prairie State Chapters, Health Physics Society, April 17, 1997
(Invited Speaker)
ABHP Certification Course, Hanford, WA, 1998 (40 hours)
UMI/GPU Seminar, Workers Compensation Radiation Injury Claims (Invited Speaker)
1997 (8 hours)
Member, GPUN Committees: General Onsite Review Board (GORB) Committee for
Radiological Controls, Chemistry, Occupational Safety & Environment; Electromagnetic
Frequency (EMF) Health Effects and Radiation Health Effects Advisory Committee
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Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives at Harvard Law School, 1996 (8 hours)
Interactive Management, GPUN, 1996 (36 hours)
Anti-Trust Law Training, GPUN, 1996 (8 hours)
Penn State University Executive Institute, Smeal College of Business, Graduate
Certificate, 1996 (150 hours)
Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant Systems for Senior Management, 1995 (150 hours)
Reengineering: The Implementation Perspective, Dr. M. Hammer, December 7-9, 1994
Center for Reengineering Leadership, Cambridge, MA
Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation, Penn State University, 1992 (3 graduate hours)
Review for Health Physics, Skrable Enterprises, Nashua, NH, 1992 (55 hours)
Three Mile Island Emergency Director, System and Accident Mitigation Course, 1991
(40 hours)
Member, U.S. Delegation on Nuclear Power to Hungary, WANO, July 1991
Labor Relations for Supervisors, GPUN, 1991 (8 hours)
Implementation of a Lifetime Exposure Reduction Program, presented at the INPO
Radiation Protection Managers Workshop, INPO, February 7, 1990 (invited speaker)
Health Physics of Radon, Penn State University, Continuing Education, 1989 (3 CEU's)
ABHP Certification Exam Course, Penn State University, 1988 (48 hours)
Radiation Medicine in the Nuclear Industry, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,
Faculty Presenter, Philadelphia, PA, September 7-9, 1988 (Best Speaker Award)
Health Physics Certification Course, Nucleon Lectern, Wash., D.C., 1986 (40 hours)
GPUN Manager Development (40 hours)
GPUN Manager Skill Development (40 hours)
GPUN Senn-Delaney Leadership Program (76 hours)
GPUN Deming Training (24 hours)
GPUN Coaching for Excellence (8 hours)
GPUN Management Mentor Training (4 hours)
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Radiation Litigation: A Primer for the Health Physicist, Nuclear Regulatory
Commission/ABHP, Bethesda, MD, 1985 (8 hours)
Applied Radiochemistry - Babcock & Wilcox, 1983 (40 hours)
Internal Dosimetry, Nuclear Data Inc., 1983 (40 hours)
Radiation Exposure Control in Nuclear Plants, Harvard School of Public Health, 1983
(40 hours)
GPUN, Three Mile Island-1, Nuclear Power Plant Systems, 1983 (100 hours)
Gamma Spectroscopy, Canberra, 1983 (40 hours)
Radioactive Waste Shipping Supervisor Training, GPUN, 1983 (16 hours)
ALARA Engineering, General Dynamics, Electric Boat, 1982 (80 hours)
Health Physics Certification Course, Battelle, Richland, WA, 1981 (60 hours)
OTHER
Licensed Pilot (FAA), Certified Rescue Diver (PADI)
September 2014
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Roger Shaw served as a Scientist and Consulting Health Physicist with the law firms of
K&L Gates LLP as well as McCarter & English LLP, supporting attorneys and
counseling clients on issues related to all types of radiation and to the nuclear industry
generally, preparing case analyses, and selecting and preparing expert scientific/medical
witnesses. Mr. Shaw’s technical expertise stems from 34 years of applied experience in
the commercial and government sectors in nuclear plant operations, radiation protection,
radiological engineering, radiological effluents, emergency management, occupational
safety and radiation litigation. Mr. Shaw has worked at nuclear facilities for over 20
years as a senior level director/manager, radiological engineer, health physicist and
emergency response team member.
THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION
Served as First Director of Radiological Controls/Occupational Safety tasked with
reorganizing the radiation protection/industrial hygiene departments at Three Mile Island
Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 into a single department, with savings of $5M+ in 5 years.
Played an integral role for 6 refueling/major maintenance outages at both PWR's and
BWR's, the longest being a 5-year major plant modification/maintenance outage at TMI1 in the aftermath of the 1979 TMI-2 accident.
Successfully completed a rigorous evaluation by a ‘Red Team’ lead by Admiral H.G.
Rickover, in preparation for the safe restart of TMI-1, following 5 years of shutdown
after the TMI-2 accident.
Directed the TMI-2 Radiological Controls Program during the final shipment of damaged
fuel to the Idaho Falls DOE site, and achievement of Post-Defueling Monitored Storage
in 1993.
Directed Radiological Controls and Radiological Engineering programs at TMI-1, which
received the highest NRC SALP (Systematic Assessment of Licensee Performance)
ratings for 11 consecutive years.
Directed programs that attained goal of no personnel exposures in excess of the
regulatory limits during 15 years of management of the radiation protection programs at
TMI-1, TMI-2 and Oyster Creek plants.
First radiation worker to enter the TMI-2 damaged containment (entry #66) and perform
radiological surveys of the reactor coolant pumps and pressurizer.
OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR PLANT
Served as Director of Radiological Controls/Occupational Safety at Oyster Creek BWR,
achieving goals of over 4 years of operation without a single NRC cited Notice of
Violation (NOV), and dose records for the lowest month, year, fuel cycle and outage in
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plant history during this time, while reducing the operating budget from $20M in 1993 to
$8M by 1997.
NUCLEAR INDUSTRY
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI):
Radiation Protection Task Force, independent ad hoc member (1997-present).
Groundwater Protection Initiative Committee, independent ad hoc member (2006).
Emergency Preparedness/Communications Working Group, ad hoc member (2004-2007).
Institute of Nuclear Power Operators (INPO):
Served as an invited INPO peer evaluator at four nuclear plants (Special Assist visits).
Participated in five INPO assessments of the TMI-1 and Oyster Creek sites, three site
accreditation renewal assessments for radiation protection personnel training programs,
and defended the radiation protection technician and instrument technician qualification
programs during two National Academy for Nuclear Training Board Reviews.
Projects and Committees:
Project Manager for the first U.S. commercial nuclear power plant cohort cancer
mortality studies by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and
Columbia University.
Chairman, Indian Point Emergency Preparedness Independent Expert Task Force,
chartered to review the Indian Point Emergency Plan in response to an assessment report
by a former FEMA Director, as chartered by the Governor of New York (2003-2009).
Consultant to FirstEnergy Corporation on the assessment and remediation of radioactivity
in groundwater.
Member of ANSI Standard Committee, ANS 5.7.2, Post-Accident Radiation Monitoring.
Consultant to OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency on nuclear plant ALARA and radioactive
effluent considerations for use with ICRP 2005 Report.
Invited instructor, USNRC training of Kazakhstan officials for nuclear facility D&D.
NEA/ISOE ALARA Meeting, U.S. Delegation to France for BWRs (1998).
Member of the U.S. Delegation to Hungary on Nuclear Power (1991).
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Designated by GPU Nuclear (GPUN) as the corporation’s single representative on the
Bechtel Corporation’s proposal team for the 1996 bid on the Hanford Management and
Integration, 5-year, $25B DOE contract.
Directed the radiation program for all Radiation Generating Devices (x-ray machines,
accelerators, radioisotope sources) and rewrote/maintained the Facility Design Radiation
Protection Manual while a Research Scientist at Battelle Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory (PNNL).
Served as the Radiation Safety Officer for all Federal and State Radioactive Material
Licenses for all Battelle PNNL facilities.
Served as the Manager of Radiation Monitoring for all Plutonium Production and Storage
Facilities at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation during the final processing of 750
kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium.
Hanford site facility work included spent fuel reprocessing, uranium-plutoniumamericium processing, high-level defense waste storage, shallow-land burial, hot-cells
and large-scale laboratories (including rad-chem-bio), decontamination canyons, subcritical pile research facility, Californium Multiplier, as well as loaned special
assignments for DOE Headquarters and Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (uranium
enrichment).
Prepared the first-ever centralized Radiation Worker Training Program at the Hanford
Nuclear Reservation, and instructed over 3,000 Rockwell Hanford workers, following the
1976 Americium Ion Exchange Column Accident which destroyed the 241-Z processing
facility for any further use. Performed facility safety analysis for long-term lay-up
following the accident.
Appointed by GPUN President Philip R. Clark, member of the National Academy of
Sciences Committee on Decontamination and Decommissioning for U.S. Uranium
Enrichment Facilities (Oak Ridge, Paducah and Portsmouth), to provide committee
representation for President Clark.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Participated in a total of over 50 emergency preparedness drills, shift drills and formal
exercises as a participant, controller, and scenario developer at Three Mile Island and
Oyster Creek Nuclear Plants. Approved all radiological related emergency procedures
and Emergency Dose Calculation Manuals (EDCM).
Served as a FEMA REP Evaluator at numerous nuclear plant sites for graded exercises.
Participated as Group Coordinator Radiological Controls for one actual declared Site
Area Emergency event at TMI (security event), as well as an actual primary to secondary
leak event at TMI-1 (Alert Emergency Classification per USNRC).
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