Nuclear Ship Savannah

Stan Wheatley is Manager and Principal Investigator for the Center for the Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technologies. The CCDoTT is a California State University, Long Beach sponsored, government approved and supported R&D center dealing with maritime-related transportation issues on behalf of both commercial and military interests.

Jon Stouky

Jon Stouky is currently serving as the Nuclear Advisor and is an acting Facility and Site Manager for the N/S SAVANNAH decommissioning project. He has been involved with the N/S SAVANNAH in various capacities since 1962 when he helped establish the Galveston, TX service facilities and commissioned the NSV ATOMIC SERVANT (service barge). Jon was licensed on the reactor and assisted in returning the N/S SAVANNAH to service in 1963-64 managing special maintenance and engineering functions. He joined NUS in 1966 and worked in executive positions for several major nuclear contractors until he formed Mega-Tech Services, Inc. in 1988. He was responsible for managing the radiological characterization of the ship in 2005.

Wayne Britz

Wayne Britz sailed on the N/S Savannah from 1966-1970. He first encountered the Savannah during its maiden voyage to New York City when he was attending the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and playing in its band for the arrival ceremonies. Wayne knew at that time that he wanted to sail on the Savannah and thus took the nuclear engineering electives at the Academy. After graduation, he served as deck officer, reactor operator, health physicist, auxiliary plant operator, and water chemist. He made the last voyage on the ship before it was removed from active service. Wayne has been involved with the Savannah ever since either planning for the several reunions on board the ship and at the Merchant Marine Academy, or inspecting the ship while with the U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Wayne obtained his Master's Degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and from 1971-1980 worked for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (now the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission). He was the Manager of Radiation Protection Services for Public Service Electric and Gas of NJ at the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear power plants from 1980 to 1986. He then consulted for several years and returned to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission working there from 1998 until his retirement in 2006. Since that time, he has been consulting and is currently on a long term nuclear project in the Middle East.

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