Members of the International Committee on Nuclear Technology of the German states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse - ILK -
(Members are listed in alphabetical order)
Version of July 10th 2007
Prof. Dr. George Apostolakis, USA
- Professor of Nuclear Engineering and of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA
- Member of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) since 1995; ACRS chairman 2001-2002
- Expert on Nuclear Reactor Technology, specialist on Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA), Human Performance, and Risk-Informed Regulation
- Editor in Chief of Reliability Engineering and System Safety, an international journal
- Member of the ILK since 1999
Prof. Dr. phil., Dr.-Ing. E.h. Adolf Birkhofer, Germany
- Managing Director of the ISaR Institute for Safety and Reliability GmbH
- Former Chair for Reactor Dynamics and Reactor Safety at the Technical University of Munich
- Former long-standing Scientific-Technical Managing Director of the GRS GmbH (Company for Plant and Reactor Safety)
- Numerous consulting activities as expert for Reactor Safety and Nuclear Engineering and membership in diverse national and international organisations
- Member of the ILK since 2002
Jean-Claude Chevallon, France
- Former Vice President “Nuclear Generation” at EDF, France
- Various management positions with several NPPs in France and abroad (China)
- Membership in international nuclear safety committees and participation in WANO reviews
- Expert in Plant Operation and Reactor Safety
- Member of the ILK since 2004
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Hans Dieter Fischer, Germany
- Holder of the Chair for Communication Theory at the Ruhr-University Bochum
- Expert in the field of Instrumentation and Control Systems in Nuclear Facilities
- Member of the ILK since 1999
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Winfried Hacker, Germany
- Former Professor for General Psychology at the Technical University of Dresden
- Research Group at the Technical University of Dresden
- Temporary positions held at the Association for Work Sciences, German Association of Psychologists, as well as the Saxon Academy of Sciences at Leipzig
- Expert on Work and Organizational Psychology
- Member of the ILK since 2002
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Kühn, Germany
- Former Director of the gsf - Institut für Tieflagerung ("Institute for Underground Disposal")
- Professor at the Technical University Clausthal
- Member of numerous national and international committees on disposal
- Expert on Radioactive Waste Disposal
- Member of the ILK since 2007
Dr.-Ing. Erwin Lindauer, Germany (Chairman)
- Former Chief Executive Officer of the GfS Gesellschaft für Simulatorschulung mbH
- Fomer Chief Executive Officer of the KSG Kraftwerks-Simulator-Gesellschaft mbH
- Expert on Reactor Safety, Systems Technology, Reactor Operation and Staff Training
- Member of the ILK since 1999 (Chairman since January 2006)
Dr. Serge Prêtre, Switzerland (Vice-Chairman)
- Former Director of the Swiss Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (HSK)
- Expert for Radiation Protection and the regulatory aspects of nuclear safety
- Member of the ILK since 1999 (Chairman from 2000 to 2005)
Antero Tamminen, Finland
- Consultant to Loviisa NPP
- Former long-time Technical Manager at Loviisa NPP
- Membership in international committees and participation in WANO and Pre-OSART missions
- Expert in Plant Operation and Reactor Safety
- Member of the ILK since 2004