Steve Brown

President at SHB Inc

Speaker

Mr. Brown has over 40 years of nuclear industry experience. He is certified by the American Board of Health Physics and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of American Academy of Health Physics. He has worked as a licensee of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its Agreement States in the commercial nuclear fuel cycle, at large US Department of Energy nuclear decommissioning / decontamination and radioactive waste management projects and as a contractor to the US Army for remediation of numerous FUSRAP (former Manhattan Engineering District) sites involving the remediation / restoration of facilities and land contaminated with radioactive materials

He was the ES&H and licensing manager and radiation safety officer for five NRC/Agreement State uranium mills, including uranium in – situ recovery plants (ISRs) and has performed radiological characterization and impact assessments at many legacy uranium facilities and sites. He has authored numerous technical papers and presentations on radiological and environmental aspects of actinides (uranium, thorium, radium, plutonium and progeny). He is recognized as an expert in environmental, safety and health aspects of uranium mining and processing facilities and sites contaminated with NORM materials and has been a member of US and international advisory committees in this regard. He is currently a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Working Group on occupational radiation protection in uranium mining and processing and has recently been appointed by the Governor of Colorado to his State's Radiation Advisory Committee.

Currently, he is President of SHB Inc., a radiological, health physics and environmental consulting company manages in the Denver Colorado (US) area.