Mr. Brush has more than 33 years of progressive electrical engineering design experience in the nuclear power industry. Mr. Brush participated in the design of TVA's Brown's Ferry, Sequoyah, Watts Bar, Yellow Creek & Hartsville nuclear power plants. In addition to actual design work on these plants, Mr. Brush served as TVA's Corporate Engineering Control System Wiring Specialist for a number of years and as the Technical Supervisor for Control Power Systems Design. Mr. Brush was involved in the successful completion of the Appendix R licensing process for the most recently licensed nuclear power unit in the country. He is intimately familiar with the current Appendix R regulatory positions and the focus of NRC inspection audits. As the Watts Bar electrical team leader for Appendix R, he interfaced directly with the NRC fire protection reviewers during the on-site inspection and in Washington.

Mr. Brush has been with EPM since 1997 and has provided his expertise on a variety of projects. He has performed electrical power system calculations, Appendix R safe shutdown analysis, independent verification of electrical wiring separation, electrical drawing update, cable and raceway database development, instrument setpoint and accuracy calculations, and cable separation program anomaly resolution. Mr. Brush was also a member of an electrical separation advisory team.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering
U.S. Naval Academy

Mr. Colman has over 26 years experience in reactor plant operation, overhaul and testing, and regulatory compliance. His background includes all phases of nuclear plant operation, including construction, maintenance, power operation, operator training, and troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical and steam power generation systems. For the past 13 years Mr. Colman has assisted nuclear utilities with developing and implementing compliance strategies for regulatory issues such as 10 CFR 50 Appendix R and CSA N293‑95 (US and Canadian nuclear utility fire protection).

B.S., Electrical Engineering
Northeastern University

Mr. Deinha has over 30 years of engineering experience in the utility industry which includes a strong technical background in engineering design and construction. Mr. Deinha joined EPM in 1984 and has significant, specific technical expertise in fire protection/ Appendix R analyses, SQUG relay evaluation, component classification (Q-List), Equipment Qualification (EQ), Safety System Functional Inspections, Reg. Guide 1.97 Instrumentation for Post-Accident Monitoring, Electrical Separation and Electrical Distribution System Functional Inspections (EDSFI). Mr. Deinha’s background also includes the engineering design of Electrical Power Distribution Systems at two major A/E firms. This includes significant expertise in sizing and specifying major equipment for power plant ac and dc generation and distribution systems.

M.S., Electrical Engineering
San Jose State University
B.S., Nuclear Engineering
University of Wisconsin

Mr. Howe has over 30 years of nuclear power industry experience including 24 years of consulting experience with EPM. Mr. Howe’s educational background is unique. He has a nuclear engineering degree combined with an electrical engineering degree with a specialty in computer engineering. This has allowed Mr. Howe to perform in specialty roles including acting as point man for EPM in the development of new nuclear power plant computer applications implementing state-of-the-art computerization techniques. He has an extensive background in software including software design, implementation and testing of large scale engineering support applications. Mr. Howe currently is responsible for the development of large scale client server and Web centric nuclear power plant database applications for EPM’ Strategic Technology Group.

Mr. Howe holds professional engineering licenses in two disciplines: electrical and mechanical.

MS, Fire Protection Engineering
BS, Mechanical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Mr. Jutras, who is in charge of EPM's fire protection engineering group, has been with EPM since 1992. He has extensive experience in fire protection system design and analysis for a wide variety of clients and building types. Mr. Jutras has a sound understanding of national fire protection codes and standards, and he has developed multiple successful performance-based design solutions to support variances from prescriptive building and fire code requirements. Mr. Jutras is a registered Professional Engineer. He is a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and a principal member of the NFPA 14 Committee on Standpipes, a Director of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE – New England Chapter) and is currently President of the New England Association of Fire Protection System Designers.

BS, Mechanical Engineering
University of Lowell

Mr. Kreider has over 25 years of experience in nuclear power plant operations with a particular emphasis on project management, materials management, licensing, procurement engineering, configuration control, design basis reconstitution, component classification, and prudence reviews. Mr. Kreider is a proactive situational leader as well as an effective facilitator between client, company and team members. Mr. Kreider has many years of experience managing both complex home office and field projects and bringing them in on time and on budget. He has a proven track record of selecting and managing efficient, effective teams that meet and exceed project goals.

Mr. Kreider is the committee chairman for ANSI/ANS 58.9 “Single Failure Criteria for Light Water Reactor Safety-Related Fluid Systems.” He is a member of the Project Management Institute and the American Nuclear Society. He has also completed a comprehensive course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on "Risk-Informed Operational Decision Management".

BS, Mechanical Engineering
Northeastern University

Mr. Ouellette, who has been with EPM since 1983, has over twenty-five years of experience in nuclear power and licensing engineering with a particular emphasis in equipment qualification, component classification, and fire protection engineering and analysis. He has a strong background in analysis of safety–related systems and preparation of design change documentation. He is a Qualified Lead QA Auditor in accordance with the requirements of ANSI 2N45.2.23–1978 and also holds an SFPE, Member Grade.

Mr. Ouellette has significant field and home office engineering experience and specific technical expertise in PWR and BWR system analysis and numerous regulatory issues. He has significant expertise in the preparation of licensing submittals for nuclear utilities. Mr. Ouellette has thorough knowledge of regulatory requirements for engineering program areas such as component classification (Q–List), 10 CFR 50 Appendix R, Environmental Qualification (10CFR50.49), USI A–46 Seismic Qualification, Regulatory Guide 1.97, and In–Service Testing program requirements.

In addition to his on-going projects, Mr. Ouellette is currently tasked with monitoring the proposed rulemaking for post-fire operator manual actions as well as serving as an alternate on the NFPA-804/805/806 Committee related to performance-based fire protection. 

B.S., Electrical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

Mr. Pellizzari joined EPM on a full-time basis in 1989. He has led projects involving design review, safe shutdown analysis, component classification (Q-list), plant systems engineering, licensing, and procurement engineering. Mr. Pellizzari has performed extensive reviews of modification packages, plant procedures, commitment documents and safety evaluation reports. He has performed plant design modifications, procedure changes, and safety reviews, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.59, to achieve and/or demonstrate regulatory compliance (i.e., Appendix R circuit separation/isolation and Generic Letter 92-18). Mr. Pellizzari has represented several clients during Nuclear Regulatory Commission Appendix R audits.

BS, Computer Engineering
Wentworth Institute of Technolog

Mr. Renzi, who manages the Software and Computer Operations Division, has been with EPM since 1985. With over 15 years of technical management responsibilities, he has in-depth knowledge of software development and implementation, data analysis and migration, and software quality assurance (SQA) for the nuclear power industry. He is an expert in the "Quality Assurance Requirements of Computer Software for Nuclear Facility Applications" (ASME NQA-1-2000, Subpart 2.7).

Mr. Renzi is responsible for EPM’s Integrated Nuclear Data Management System (INDMS) installations. He has managed many projects related to software customization, data analysis/conversion, software installation, documentation, and training. He has been involved with the migration and qualification of INDMS across multiple hardware platforms, operating systems and database managers. Mr. Renzi has directed and performed complex data analysis, data discrepancy and inconsistency identification, data scrubbing, and data loading projects. Mr. Renzi led the development of INDMS Report Writer which streamlines the report generation process.