Tom LaGuardia is a Senior Nuclear Safety Consultant to Talisman. He has over 37 years experience in decommissioning engineering, planning and management support for decontamination, decommissioning, and waste management for both commercial and government facilities. He has overseen the preparation of decommissioning feasibility and cost studies for over 128 nuclear power units and more than 200 fossil-fueled units, and has supported those estimates by providing expert testimony in over 125 rate hearings. He organized and participated in expert teams to provide independent reviews of existing and proposed decommissioning projects for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) at several of its sites. Mr. LaGuardia has also worked with the AIF (now NEI), ANS, DOE, NRC, and ASME to develop decommissioning handbooks, publish guidelines for producing decommissioning cost estimates. He was a member of the IAEA Technical Expert Group on Decommissioning. He is consulted internationally for his reviews, evaluations, and recommendations of field techniques to facilitate decommissioning by reducing time, cost, radiological exposure, or radioactive wastes.
Mr. LaGuardia founded and was President of TLG Services, located in Bridgewater, Connecticut, in 1982 to specialize in decommissioning engineering and field services. In September of 2000, TLG Services became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Entergy Nuclear, Inc. (ENI). Mr. LaGuardia continued as President of TLG Services until 2006, and was Vice President of Decommissioning for ENI. His prior employment also includes Nuclear Energy Services, Gulf Nuclear Fuels Corporation (formerly United Nuclear Corporation) and Combustion Engineering. He has a BSME from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and an MSME from the University of Connecticut. A registered Professional Engineer in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Virginia, he is also a Certified Cost Engineer by the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International. Mr. LaGuardia has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut.