The Restated Charter provides the Committee may contract for services including the services of consultants and experts to assist the Committee in its safety review.  The DCISC Members are assisted in their important work by technical consultants and legal counsel.  For this report period those persons were:

Technical Consultant:  Mr. R. Ferman Wardell, a Registered Professional Engineer, holds both Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University.  He is a 53-year veteran of the nuclear power industry, having been directly involved in design, quality assurance, operation and nuclear safety oversight activities for Duke Energy Corporation's seven nuclear units.  He was formerly Executive Assistant to the Chairman and CEO at Duke Energy.  Mr. Wardell has been a Consultant to the DCISC since 1992. In this capacity he participates in technical and programmatic reviews of the safety of Diablo Canyon nuclear operations, DCISC public meetings, and development of the DCISC fact-finding reports and its annual reports.  Mr. Wardell also serves as nuclear consultant to the minority owner of the North Anna Power Station, a nuclear plant in Virginia.

Technical Consultant: Mr. Richard D. McWhorter, Jr., holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Naval Academy.  He is a 35-year veteran of the nuclear power industry.  He served for ten years as a division officer and department head in the navy's nuclear submarine program in which he was responsible for the operation of his submarine's nuclear power plant.  Mr. McWhorter then served the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for ten years first as an Operator Licensing Examiner and then as Senior Resident Inspector at North Anna Power Station.  He then was employed for two years as a Systems Engineering Manager for Dominion Virginia Power at North Anna Power Station.  For ten years, Mr. McWhorter was employed at Old Dominion Electric Cooperative where he served as Vice President of Operations and Asset Management.  Mr. McWhorter has been a Consultant to the DCISC since 2016. In this capacity he participates in technical and programmatic reviews of the safety of Diablo Canyon nuclear operations, DCISC public meetings, and development of the DCISC fact-finding reports and annual reports.

Technical Consultant: Dr. Andrew C. Kadak, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Union College in Schenectady, NY, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from Northeastern University. He is a 50 year veteran of the nuclear industry having worked for Combustion Engineering in reactor physics, Yankee Atomic Electric Company in many roles from Project Manager of the Yankee Rowe nuclear plant, Vermont Yankee, and served as the vice president of engineering for Yankee providing engineering and technical services to Yankee Rowe, Vermont Yankee and Maine Yankee. He subsequently became President and CEO of the Yankee organization overseeing technical and administrative services to those companies. After retiring from Yankee Atomic, Dr. Kadak became a Professor of the Practice at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 12 years. Dr. Kadak has been a Consultant to the DCISC since 2022. In this capacity he participates in technical and programmatic reviews of the safety of  spent nuclear fuel storage and decommissioning  and the safety of Diablo Canyon nuclear operations and in DCISC public meetings and fact-finding visits and development of the annual reports.

Legal Counsel: Robert R. Wellington, Esq. has been Legal Counsel for the DCISC since its organization in 1989.  He is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of California (Hastings) Law School.  For over 40 years his practice has been limited to representing several cities, community service, regional wastewater and solid waste districts and other public agencies, including the DCISC.  He advises the DCISC with regard to its legal, regulatory and administrative matters.

Assistant Legal Counsel Robert Rathie, Esq. has been associated with the Committee through his work with the Wellington Law Offices since 1993.  He obtained a bachelor's degree in Social Science and History from Chico State University in 1972 and served for 15 years in the U.S. Merchant Marine as chief purser on board passenger and freight vessels in foreign trade.  He received his Juris Doctor Degree from Monterey College of Law in 1993.  He is a member of the State Bar of California and the Monterey County Bar Association.  He assists Mr. Wellington in advising the DCISC with regard to its legal, regulatory and administrative matters.