Roger J. Mattson

Roger J. Mattson is a mechanical engineer who consults on safety
matters with NRC licensees and Energy Department contractors. From 1967
to 1974, he was on the Atomic Energy Commission technical staff. In
1976, he led a NRC task force that addressed the Apollo/NUMEC affair. He
left government service in 1984.

Subscribe

Articles by Roger J. Mattson

1 March 2010
Feature

Revisiting the NUMEC Affair

Victor GilinskyRoger J. Mattson
It is the story that won't go away–the possibility that in the 1960s Israel stole bomb-grade uranium from a U.S. nuclear fuel-processing plant. Now two former NRC officials explain what they think happened.