Staff

Edward P. O’Donnell is the principal in Whitestrand Consulting LLC. He has spent 35 years in the nuclear power industry as an engineer, manager and executive with responsibilities for design and licensing of numerous plants in the US and abroad. He was also responsible for corporate planning and rate matters for a NJ nuclear utility and has testified in utility rate proceedings before the NJ BPU. He was responsible for managing the successful sale of nuclear units in NJ and PA and as a consultant for advising clients on the sale and purchase of nuclear plants. In this role he forecasted future costs and performance of plants for re-financing as merchant power suppliers in a de-regulated electrical energy market and performed analyses of the economic viability of nuclear plants in comparison with alternative fossil and renewable energy facilities. Mr. O’Donnell holds an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Columbia University and has been a licensed Professional Engineer in NJ. He is also a registered Enrolled Agent, authorized to represent individual and business entities before the IRS on tax matters.

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Dr. John Mauro is an associate with 55 years experience in radiation protection and emergency planning for the nuclear power industry and the nuclear weapons complex. He holds a PhD in Health Physics from New Your University Medical Center, Institute of Environmental Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Health Physics and was assigned by the Governors of New Jersey in 2004 and 2022 as a Commissioner of Radiation Protection.