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Peterson,, Harold Thomas was born on September 19, 1941 in Brooklyn. Son of Harold Thomas and Emily Theresa (Laine) Peterson.
federal agency administrator physicist
Peterson,, Harold Thomas was born on September 19, 1941 in Brooklyn. Son of Harold Thomas and Emily Theresa (Laine) Peterson.
AB, Princeton University, 1963. Master in Nuclear Engineering, New York University, 1965.
Assistant research scientist New York University Medical Center, Tuxedo, New York, 1965-1967. Nuclear engineer United States Public Health Service, Rockville, Maryland, 1967-1970. Deputy chief advisory studies branch Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 1970-1973, chief surveillance branch, 1973-1975.
Senior health physicist United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rockville, Maryland, 1975-1991, United States Department Energy, Washington, 1991—2003. Retired, 2003; technical staff consultant National Council Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, Maryland, since 2005. Lecturer Nuclear Environmental Protection Catholic University America, since 2010.
Member advisory boards International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1976-1992, Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris, 1977-1979, Department Energy Risk Management Quarterly. Member editorial board Journal Environmental Radioactivity, Monaco, 1986-1993. Member ad hoc assessment group Three Mile Island Accident, 1979, United States Russia Joint Study of Exposure Pathways following the Chernoble Nuclear Accident, 1986-1987.
Lieutenant Commander United States Public Health Service, 1967-1972.
Fellow Health Physics Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Nuclear Society, Society Risk Analysis.
Married Carol Anne Heineman, September 5, 1964. Children: Michael Joseph, Kathleen Mary.