Paul Lohaus is a Senior Regulatory Safety Consultant to Talisman. Mr. Lohaus retired from the NRC as Director, Office of State and Tribal Programs. He has more than thirty-five years of senior staff and management experience covering a broad spectrum of areas in nuclear materials safety including: radioactive materials licensing, inspection, and enforcement; materials security; low-level radioactive waste (LLW) management; uranium recovery facility licensing and remediation; decommissioning, and Federal, State, and Tribal relations. For over 10 years, Mr. Lohaus directed NRC's program of interaction with State and Tribal Governments including the Governor appointed State Liaison Officer Program and the Agreement State Program. He directed NRC's Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP), which has received recognition both nationally and internationally as a model program. He directed recent NRC and Agreement State activities to develop and implement increased controls over licensees nationwide which possess high activity sources to ensure safety and security in today's post 9/11 environment.
While with the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Mr. Lohaus directed NRC's safety and environmental protection program for LLW. He led NRC activities to develop new LLW regulations, 10 CFR Part 61 Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste. and the supporting technical, environmental, and regulatory analyses for Part 61, He directed NRC's uranium recovery oversight program for remediation of inactive Title I sites and oversight of active and closed Title II sites. He has provided national advice and assistance to States on materials regulation, environmental remediation, and waste management issues and is considered a leading expert on State relations, the Agreement State program, and radioactive waste management issues. For more than 10 years, Mr. Lohaus represented NRC on the Board of Directors of the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) and the Organization of Agreement States (OAS). He was recently appointed an emeritus member to the CRCPD, and was awarded the prestigious OAS Hall of Fame award in October 2005. Mr. Lohaus received Presidential Meritorious Rank Award recognition and Meritorious Service recognition from the NRC. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from the State University of New York.