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Administration (1956-57), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (1957-1961); and
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1975-1986).

When I was called to duty as an active Army combat platoon leader, I was
ready to go to battle in the Korean War. However, I was assigned instead in

March 1952 to work with a crackerjack team of government scientists at the
Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. Because of some educational
background, although still with the MOS of Combat Platoon Leader, I was

secretly assigned as a physicist on the first hydrogen experimental bomb
device at Operation Ivy in Eniwetok, and then in 1953-1954 at the second and
third detonations at Operation Castle in Eniwetok.

The design and fabrication of the measurement systems were directed and
carried out at the Naval Research Laboratory in D.C., by a permanent,
experienced, team of government employees, with a few scientists and

engineers assigned on active duty from the armed services. The equipment and
the preliminary hydrogen bomb experimental devices were taken to Eniwetok
and Bikini to test and measure features of nuclear reactions during
detonations. I participated within this government unit both in the

development of the radiation signal measurement systems, and also in the
field set up and measurements. I also had the opportunity, with two top
clearances and need to know, to participate in data analysis and writeup of

much of the final reports back at the Naval Research Laboratory. I was
amazed at the invention and accomplishment of these Federal employees, a
relatively small group of a few dozen, with a few assigned military scientists,

for each operation in a matter of months.

I am Alan Madison and I served for more than 20 years with the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC). I held many positions including, being one of
the first Resident/Senior Resident Inspectors at several nuclear power plants in
the Midwest. After a break in service and moving to our headquarters in
Bethesda, and later Rockville, Maryland, I became a Team Leader for

Diagnostic Evaluations at multiple nuclear power plants and participated in
incident investigations at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the
Indiana Regional Cancer Center. I was also assigned as the Task Force Leader

in charge of revising the Reactor Oversight program in the mid 1990s. Just
prior to 9/11, I was assigned as Chief of the Reactor Security Section.
Following 9/11, the security organization was expanded and I became the

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