Background
Kress, Thomas Sylvester was born on December 5, 1933 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. Son of Samuel Arthur and Elsie Augusta (Crowe) Kress.
Kress, Thomas Sylvester was born on December 5, 1933 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. Son of Samuel Arthur and Elsie Augusta (Crowe) Kress.
Bachelor of Science, University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1953—1956. Master of Science, University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1956—1965. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1965—1971.
Reactor design engineer, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1956-1959;
reactor safety engineer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1959-1974;
manager aerosol programs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1974-1980;
manager severe accident programs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1980-1991;
section head, program manager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1991-1994;
private consultant, Kress Technology Associations, Oak Ridge, since 1994. Member Committee for Safety of Nuclear Installations group experts on sourceterms Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1979-1984. Technical expert in Chernobyl review International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1986.
Member Savannah River Laboratory severe accident advising committee Department Energy, Oak Ridge, 1988-1991, member waste tank advising committee, since 1990, member of advisory committee for reactor safeguards.
Fellow: American Nuclear Society. Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society Mechanical Engineers (section chairman 1978-1979), New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Evelyn Dolores McConnell, June 2, 1956. Children: Reid Leonard, Wendy Gail Collins, Tyler Andrew.