Our Team
Curtis Nielsen
Technical Program Manager
Curtis Nielsen currently serves the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) as a Technical Program Manager responsible for ensuring timely and efficient delivery of Demonstration of Microreactor Experiment (DOME) projects that support the next generation of advanced reactors. Prior to NRIC, Curtis worked 16 years at the Naval Reactors Facility in Spent Fuel Packaging and Storage.
Nelly Olivas
Administrative Assistant
Nelly Olivas is NRIC's administrative assistant and assists program leadership in organizational tasks to support the mission of supporting advanced reactor development.
Marvin Fielding
Program Manager
Marvin Fielding has 22 years of experience as a consulting civil engineer planning, designing and managing the construction of municipal water, wastewater and transportation infrastructure.
Allen Fetter
Sr. Project Manager
Allen Fetter is a senior project manager at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where he has worked for almost 18 years. He has spent the last 12 years performing safety and environmental reviews for new reactor licensing.
Fred Sock
Sr. Nuclear Construction Regulatory Advisor
Fred Sock has more than forty years of professional experience, with thirty-seven of those years in the design, fabrication, and installation of nuclear power plant structures. The last six years have been with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in the Office Nuclear Regulatory Research.
Katie Mitchell
Configuration Management Coordinator
Katie Mitchell is the Configuration Management Coordinator for NRIC. She works with projects including NRIC's test beds and experimental reactors.
Jacob Rymer
Technical Program Manager
Jacob Rymer currently serves the National Reactor Innovation Center as a Technical Program Manager and is dedicated to assisting advanced nuclear reactor companies demonstrate their novel designs to advance nuclear energy generation within the United States.
Chance Price
Technical Program Manager
Chance is responsible for overseeing the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) construction and support infrastructure development. Before joining NCIR, he worked for Northrup Grumman’s Propulsion Systems for 20+ years with responsibilities including project engineering, leading the integrated product team, business development and program management.
Brad Tomer
Acting Director, Chief Operating Officer
As COO, Brad manages the day-to-day operations of the Center. His experience in the field comes from engagements as Interim CEO at Avitas Systems, Chief Engineer for GE Oil and Gas, and COO and Director of Major Demonstrations at the National Energy Technology Laboratory.
Gregory Core
Technical Program Manager
Greg Core is a nuclear engineer and project manager currently managing the support program at INL for the Natrium reactor demonstration project in Wyoming at Idaho National Laboratory.
Luke Voss
Technical Program Manager
Luke is leading advanced reactor development through engineering, manufacturing, and operations support. Previously as a nuclear engineer at the DoD, he overhauled power plants on aircraft carriers and submarines, gaining the expertise needed for the next generation of reactors.
Sanjay Mukhi
Collaboration Manager
Sanjay is assisting advanced reactor companies with demonstrations in order to bring new sources of energy to market. His experience in the federal government, a Texas nuclear power plant, and as an adjunct professor lends itself to facilitating collaboration across many sectors.
AnnMarie Marshall
Configuration Management Manager
AnnMarie is a manager of Configuration Management with the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment project at NRIC. She has more than 20 years of experience in configuration management with laboratories and new plant projects.
Sam Reiss
Technical Program Manager
Sam worked on lithium isotope separation for advanced nuclear reactors at 3M before moving to NRIC to manage the program for technical engineering applications.