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"Tritium Production in TVA Reactors"


Nicholas Kazanas
TVA General Manager of the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant
February 23, 1999

Nicholas Kazanas was appointed to this position on March 24, 1994 and is responsible for the preservation and maintenance of this $4.5 billion investment.

Nick was the lead for TVA's Commercial Light Water Reactor Tritium Proposal effort. Although TVA's real interest of utilizing the Bellefonte facility for tritium production did not come to fruition, Mr. Kazanas was involved in the successful efforts to secure the tritium production contract with the Department of Energy.

Mr. Kazanas holds a bachelors degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Lafayette College and a Masters Degree in Business from the University of Hartford. He was an assistant adjunct professor in Statistics and Operations Analysis at Quinnipac College. He has also been a member of ASQC since 1978 and has served as past chairman of the Energy and Environmental Division of ASQC..




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