Andrew Kadak

Dr. Kadak is a Principal and Director of Nuclear Services at Exponent, a worldwide company offering multidisciplinary solutions to complex engineering and scientific problems. Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Kadak was a Professor of the Practice in the Nuclear Engineering Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At MIT, his major research interest was in the development of advanced small modular reactors. Kadak was also President and CEO of Yankee Atomic Electric Company that operated the Yankee plant in Rowe Massachusetts. In this capacity, he was responsible for overseeing all Yankee operations, including engineering, licensing, environmental and operational support to all eight nuclear plants in New England.

Dr. Kadak was President of the American Nuclear Society in 1999/2000. He has served as a board and executive committee member of the Nuclear Energy Institute and the industry’s Advisory Committee on High Level Waste. Dr. Kadak was appointed by the President of the United States to serve on the US Nuclear Waste Technology Review Board. He is also currently is a member of the Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission. He has served as a member of the Senior Nuclear Safety Oversight Board of the Daya Bay nuclear power stations in Guangdong Province in China. In 1995, he was a member of the Advisory Committee on External Regulation of Department of Energy Nuclear Safety. He has also conducted several audits of nuclear companies to assess management and served as chairman of a panel providing suggestions to the DOE’s Nevada Test Site as to how to make their operations more like commercial industries. Dr. Kadak has made more than 80 lectures and speeches on topics related to the technical and business aspects of nuclear power.

Dr. Kadak received a Ph.D. and M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from MIT, an M.B.A. from Northeastern University, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Union College.