Mr. Eikelberg supports clients in advanced nuclear regulatory compliance, safety, licensing, and related domains, drawing on his extensive nuclear energy and facility regulatory, management, licensing, and operations background. He is experienced with NRC, DOE, DOD, U.S. Navy, and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) requirements and processes, and has worked with and for numerous naval and conventional nuclear power operations and facilities.
Prior to joining The SPECTRUM Group, Mr. Eikelberg served a 19-year career in nuclear licensing and regulatory compliance at the DOE Transuranic Waste Processing Center in Oak Ridge, where he led nuclear licensing research and development, program management, capture efforts for the $3B DOE Savannah River Site contract, and compliance programs and policies throughout the DOE complex. He also led DOE contracting and nuclear operations, including developing licensing documents and analytics for existing nuclear facilities, nuclear infrastructure management, nuclear safeguards, decontamination and decommissioning, waste storage, environmental management, risk reduction, and hazardous waste disposal. Mr. Eikelberg previously supported operations, refueling, maintenance, and licensing for twelve NRC-licensed commercial nuclear power plants. Earlier, he worked in roles supporting DOD and U.S. Navy nuclear power and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) programs.