In July 2000, A. David Rossin, Ph D, was appointed by Governor Gray Davis to a term on the Committee expiring July 1, 2002. On January 10, 2003, Dr. Rossin was reappointed by Governor Davis for another term as a member of the DCISC expiring June 30, 2005. On August 16, 2005 Governor Schwarzenegger announced Dr. Rossin’s reappointment to the DCISC for a term expiring June 30, 2008.
A. David Rossin, was Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, US Department of Energy, and he served as President of the American Nuclear Society from 1992-1993. He was Visiting Scientist in Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley from 1988-1991 and taught graduate courses on the nuclear fuel cycle. Doctor Rossin has served as Director of the Nuclear Safety Analysis Center at the Electric Power Research Institute and Director of Research and Chair of the Nuclear Waste Task Force for the Commonwealth Edison Company. In 1982 he was voted Electric Industry Man of the Year " . . . for his efforts to improve public understanding of nuclear, energy and environmental issues." Doctor Rossin’s research at Argonne National Laboratory involved predictions of embrittlement of nuclear reactor pressure vessel steel. He also specialized in nuclear reactor shielding and safety. He served on Argonne’s Reactor Safety Review Committee for ten years and was its Chair for two years.
A. David Rossin is President of Rossin and Associates, a consulting company which advises utility companies, trade associations, national laboratories and universities on nuclear and advanced energy technology, nonproliferation, waste management and other electricity related issues. He is a consultant to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
A. David Rossin is currently an affiliated scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. His present research is on the people and events which led up to the US policy decisions of 1976-1977 to abandon reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, its impacts, and the implications for the future. Doctor Rossin is currently writing a book based on this research. With Professor T. Kenneth Fowler, Doctor Rossin published a book titled "Conversations on Electricity and the Future - Findings of an International Seminar and Lessons from a Year of Surprises" (U.C. Printing Service, June 1991).
A. David Rossin received his B.S. degree in engineering physics from Cornell University, his MS degree in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. from Northwestern University and his Ph D. in metallurgy from Case Institute of Technology.
