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McClure, Donald Allan was born on April 18, 1942 in Omaha. Son of Earl Donald and Marian Maurice (Pasinger) McClure.
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Donald Allan McClure, American Nuclear safety scientist. Achievements include design of first commercial burn-up meter, spent fuel analysis system; design and installation of first computerized assessment and response system for nuclear power plants; design and testing of first automated coolant analysis system for nuclear power plants used to detect failed fuel. Grantee Cottrell Research Corporation, 1972, National Science Foundation, 1974.
Education
Bachelor in Physics, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1964; Master of Science in Physics, U. Missouri, Rolla, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. Missouri, Rolla, 1970.
Career
Predoctoral fellow, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1967-1969;
visiting scientist, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1972-1977;
visiting scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1976;
postdoctoral fellow, assistant professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1969-1977;
marketing and technical consultant, Nuclear Data, Inc., Atlanta, 1977-1984;
technical director marketing, Radiation Controls, Inc., Little Silver, New Jersey, 1984-1986;
president, technical director, Superior vena cava syndrome First, Inc., Atlanta, since 1986. Member radiation protection committee, safeguards committee Georgia Institute Technology, 1974-1977. Consultant safety review board Georgia Power Company, Atlanta, 1987-1989.
Visiting consultant Russia, Ukraine, 1992, United States Environmental Protection Agency Office Radiation Programs, SavannahRiver Site, Safety Analysts Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory Nuclear Weapons Technology Saftey Analysis Group.
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Membership
Committee member Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, Atlanta, since 1982. Speaker at civic groups, schools. Member American Nuclear Society (radiation protection division), Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.
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Married Mary Alyce Christiansen, September 5, 1965 (divorced 1975). Children: Anne Marie, Alyson Diane. Married Judy Karen Smith, January 2, 1977 (divorced 1990).
Stepchildren: John, Jennifer.
