George W. Griffith, Ph.D., is a distinguished researcher, reactor physicist and Small Modular Reactor Lead at Idaho National Laboratory. He was the Thermal Science and Safety Analysis group manager, the Light Water Reactor Sustainability Advanced Fuels Pathway Lead and worked on the ATR methods upgrade project, fuel cycle calculations and LEU conversion studies. His primary focus is working on nuclear projects, reactor siting and licensing.
Prior to working for INL, he worked as a reactor engineer and reactor engineering manager at Cooper Nuclear Station. He worked with the operations team on strategic and day-to-day reactor operation, outage and refueling. Dr. Griffith has many years of experience in commercial nuclear fuels fabrication, core design, core operations and nondestructive evaluation while at Global Nuclear Fuels. He holds a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from North Carolina State University and a B.S. in nuclear engineering from Iowa State University. He has 11 patents.