Longenecker & Associates - Robert N. Ferguson

SUMMARY

Mr. Ferguson has forty years of diverse, in-depth experience in the nuclear industry. Mr. Ferguson’s expertise includes proposal development and review, independent third party assessment of programs and projects, design engineering, and corporate management with Department Of Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other regulated companies in the USA and Canada.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mr. Ferguson has more than thirty years of extensive experience in all aspects of nuclear power, including quality assurance, independent assessment, nuclear safety, regulatory compliance, and operations, ranging from serving as the Vice President Nuclear Quality for a major nuclear utility company in 1997 to serving as INEEL Oversight Administrator for the State of Idaho in 1995. In 2001-2002 Mr. Ferguson performed quality assurance management assessments for DOE in support of the NRC licensed Yucca Mountain Project. Mr. Ferguson has a proven ability to integrate multi-participative teams for the purpose of managing and assessing very large and complex programs within both governmental and private sectors.

Recent experience includes serving as Vice President Nuclear from December 1998 to February 2000, of Ontario Hydro/Ontario Power Generation (OPGN) In this capacity, Mr. Ferguson reported to the Senior VP - Nuclear Performance Advisory Group, and the Chief Nuclear Officer for special assessments and mentoring activities.

In 1999, Mr. Ferguson served as Vice President Technical Support of OPGN. In this capacity, Mr. Ferguson was responsible to the Chief Nuclear Officer for the management of Health and Safety, Environmental Affairs; Materials Management; Health Physics; Emergency Management; Security & Safeguards; Fire Protection Programs; and Programming.

Mr. Ferguson was also responsible for the concept, formation and startup of the OPGN independent Nuclear Environmental Advisory Group modeled after the DOE federally chartered Site Specific Advisory Boards.

During 1997, Mr. Ferguson served as Vice President, Nuclear Quality for Ontario Hydro Nuclear. In this capacity, Mr. Ferguson served as part of a four person team that managed a major Independent Integrated Performance Assessment (IIPA) of the 20 nuclear plant operation over a period of six months which led to the development of a nuclear recovery plan budgeted well in excess of $1Billion US.

The IIPA was modeled on the USNRC Procedure 93808 "Integrated Performance Assessment Process". Subsequently a detailed implementation plan was developed with performance standards based largely on INPO 97-002 "Performance Objectives and Criteria". The scope of the IIPA also included six Safety System Functional Inspections (SSFI's) of specific plant systems and/or programs, modeled on USNRC Procedure 93801 "Safety System Functional Inspection" process.

During 1995-1996, Mr. Ferguson served as INEEL Oversight Administrator for the State of Idaho. In this capacity, Mr. Ferguson managed the comprehensive nuclear oversight program of the Idaho National Environmental Engineering Laboratory (INEEL). This included all INEEL activities of DOE, the US Navy and their contractors as well as interfacing with the US Environmental Protection Agency. The mission of the program was to provide to the Governor, the State Legislature and the public unbiased information and independent technical analysis of the INEEL data and related issues. This position required a US Department of Energy Q level Security Clearance.

From 1981 to 1994, Mr. Ferguson provided independent assessment and management consulting to United States and foreign nuclear utility companies with the primary goal of enhancing the safety of their operations. This involved most areas of constructing, operating, and managing commercial BWR and PWR nuclear power plants. During this time, Mr. Ferguson served on the Off-Site Nuclear Safety Review Committee for the Illinois Power Company. Clinton Nuclear Power Plant.

EDUCATION

BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, 1960
M.B.A., in Business Administration, University of Idaho, 1972
PE, State of California, Quality Engineer (QU 413)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Nuclear Society
American Society of Quality
Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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