HAROLD R. DENTON
NUCLEAR SAFETY CONSULTANT
2009 Signal Point Road
Knoxville, Tennessee 37922
615-966 0956
SUMMARY
Mr. Denton has been a member of ANS for many years, and was program chairman of the Section for the past two years.He retired from the Nuclear Regulation Commission after a career in nuclear safety regulation. Following the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he was President Carter's personal representative at the site, directed NRC staff activities to control the consequences and was the federal government spokesman. He has visited essentially all U.S. power reactors and has traveled extensively to nuclear facilities worldwide. He was in the first group of Americans allowed to visit the Chernobyl site and was instrumental in establishing nuclear safety cooperation with the USSR. Since retiring from the NRC, he has consulted on nuclear safety matters with a variety of international and national clients.
Mail to: hdenton@conc.tds.net
ANS- American Nuclear SocietyOak Ridge / Knoxville Section