An expert in fuel technology, Dr. Norton Shapiro is one of the top nuclear fuel scientists in the world. He is considered an authority on subjects including uranium utilization, plutonium recycle, thorium utilization, and proliferation-resistant fuel cycles. Dr. Shapiro has been a member of Lightbridge Corporation’s Technical Advisory Board since 2006.
Dr. Shapiro is a former engineer for Westinghouse Electric Company, the world’s leading nuclear corporation, specializing in pressurized and light water reactors. Dr. Shapiro chaired the Technical Review Committee at Westinghouse Electric, where he led safety and systems analysis within the Nuclear Services Business Unit. He is also the former head of the Nuclear Engineering Department of ABB Combustion Engineering, where he was responsible for the design of nuclear reload cores as well as for the power plants under construction. At ABB, Dr. Shapiro was manager of advanced design projects, leading the development of advanced fuel cycle designs and innovative thermal reactor concepts; he also carried out U.S. Department of Energy contracts relating to the development of advanced fuel cycles and fuel designs in CE reactors. Dr. Shapiro has authored several scientific papers, including “Assessment of Thorium Fuel Cycles in Pressurized Water Reactors,” which was published by the Electric Power Research Institute. He is a former member of the Executive Committee of the Reactor Physics Division of the American Nuclear Society.
Dr. Shapiro earned his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the University of Illinois.
