David H. Hanks
David H. Hanks has a distinguished career as a senior reactor operator, manager, inspector, and analyst. Before joining the NRC, Mr. Hanks worked as the international safeguards initiatives program manager at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). Previous to his position at SRNL, Mr. Hanks was appointed to an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear safeguards inspector post in Vienna, Austria, serving as country officer, site officer and inspector at various fuel cycle facilities from 2002 until 2009. Working in nuclear reactor operations for 25 years prior to his time at the IAEA, Mr. Hanks held a senior reactor operator license at a nuclear facility operated by Entergy Operations, Inc from 1993 until 2002. Mr. Hanks also served in the U.S. Navy nuclear propulsion program, stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN68).
Mr. Hanks is among the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the IAEA in 2005 and has two published novels, The Disappearance (based on a true crime) and Black Waters (nuclear thriller).