John F. Fill

Experience

Health Physicist

• Member of the Nuclear Emergency Response Program.  Duties include developing and revising technical procedures for off-site response to a commercial nuclear power plant accident; participating in drills and exercises as a player, controller, or evaluator; providing training to state and local responders; and working with other local, state, and federal response organizations to ensure a coordinated response.
• Member of several interagency committees including the Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) Monitoring and Sampling Working Group and the San Onofre Offsite Dose Assessment Center Subcommittee.
• Served in the DHS Department Operations Center following September 11 attacks.
• Served as the DHS representative at the State Operations Center following discovery of anthrax letters on east coast.

Health Physicist

• Radioactive materials inspector in the Los Angeles field office.  Duties included performing inspections of all types of licensees, responding to incidents, and investigating complaints involving radioactive materials.
• Training courses completed include Radiological Emergency Operations; Hazardous Waste Operations (40-hour HAZWOPER); and the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission courses Inspection Procedures, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine, Safety Aspects of Industrial Radiography, and Safety Aspects of Well Logging.

Health Physicist

• Member of the Health Physics team at a research university with large radioactive material and radiation-producing machine use. 
• Health Physics duties included training users, performing laboratory surveys, managing radioactive waste, calibrating radiation detection instruments, and evaluating dosimetry results.
• Other duties included managing the Safety Office personal computer systems and network, making hardware and software decisions, designing the Safety Office web site, and maintaining several databases.
• Revised, wrote, or edited several publications and internal procedures including the Radiation Safety Manual, Training and Reference Manual, and Safetech Journal newsletter.
• Prepared significant portions of the renewal application for Caltech's Type A Broad Scope Radioactive Material License.
• Designed and implemented a storage-for-decay program and a sewer disposal program for low-level radioactive waste.

Officer

• Completed the Nuclear Power Officer Training Program including the Advanced Nuclear Power Course at the Naval Nuclear Power School and Engineering Officer of the Watch qualification at the Nuclear Propulsion Training Unit.
• Served as a Division Officer on board a nuclear powered submarine and on board a submarine tender.

Education

Bachelor of Science

• Majored in Mathematics. Completed courses in Physics, Chemistry, and Computer Science.
• Completed post-graduate courses in Radiation Biology and Epidemiology at San Diego State University.

Other Stuff

Emergency Medical Technician

• Volunteered two years with the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team.
• Volunteered two years with the Pasadena Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services Reserve Unit.
• Currently participating in the formation of the Sacramento Disaster Medical Assistance Team which is part of the National Disaster Medical System.