SEABROOK, N.H. (July 2, 2026) Radiation Safety & Control Services, Inc. (RSCS) has announced that Richard Butler, Project Manager for AP3/NANTeL/PADS Programs & Training at RSCS, has been selected to serve as Co-Chair of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Standardized Task Evaluation (STE) Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). The appointment marks the first time an RSCS employee has held a leadership seat on the committee.
The EPRI STE TAC is a joint utility and workforce-provider committee that advises EPRI leadership on the needs of the nuclear industry. The committee is led by a utility member serving as Chair and a workforce-provider member serving as Co-Chair, and it plays a central role in keeping the STE program aligned with utility expectations and workforce-development requirements. In the Co-Chair role, Butler will help set the strategic vision for the STE program over a two-year period, identify and prioritize new STEs and program enhancements, guide working-group agendas based on industry needs and emerging trends, and provide direct advisory support to EPRI STE leadership.
Butler’s involvement with the EPRI STE program dates to 2015, beginning as a Proctor and Evaluator and quickly expanding into active participation in TAC meetings and working groups. Over the years that followed, he built a deep understanding of the STE framework, contributed to numerous program improvements and task-standardization efforts, and developed trusted relationships with EPRI leadership, utilities, and workforce providers. Butler has served as a program owner across both RSCS and a previous organization, contributed to numerous STE development and renewal teams alongside utilities and EPRI staff, and is completing three STE team assignments this year.
Butler’s path to RSCS is itself tied to the STE program. In early 2023, he served on the EPRI team that evaluated the STE renewal at Seabrook Station and then remained onsite to collaborate with RSCS leadership to review and strengthen the program. When the re-evaluation team returned in June 2023, RSCS successfully passed. That engagement led to a consulting relationship and, on March 4, 2024, to Butler formally joining RSCS.
The selection reflects the rapid maturation of the RSCS STE program since 2023 and the company’s growing recognition as a trusted, high-performing EPRI partner. It also brings increased visibility and influence for RSCS within the broader nuclear workforce community.
“It is an honor to take on this role and to help shape a forward-looking vision for the STE program,” explains Richard Butler. “I am committed to supporting both new and existing STE members, building on a reputation grounded in integrity, dependability, and trust, and strengthening the alignment between the program, industry needs, and the expectations of the craft workforce.”
The EPRI STE program provides a critical pathway for developing a qualified, standardized, and workforce-ready population across the nuclear industry. Its benefits include reducing redundant site-specific training, lowering in-processing and training costs for utilities, establishing consistent qualification standards across multiple disciplines, and supporting workforce mobility and readiness throughout the sector.
About RSCS
For over 35 years, Radiation Safety & Control Services has provided technical consulting, training, staff augmentation, radiological environmental & engineering, and instrument support services to commercial nuclear, private industrial, medical, academic, and government facilities. RSCS’s core competence is health physics and radiation protection. RSCS professionals have experience in virtually all areas of nuclear and radiological operations, decontamination, and decommissioning. RSCS is a division of the Allied Power Platform. The Allied Power Platform was formed with Allied Power’s acquisition of Dominion Engineering and RSCS, combining industry-leading engineering, component integrity, asset management, and radiological protection services to deliver maintenance, modifications, and project services. To learn more about RSCS, visit www.radsafety.com.