Peter Habighorst

Mr. Habighorst is currently the Chief of the Export Controls and Nonproliferation Branch in the Office of International Programs at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.   Mr. Habighorst received an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of New Haven and a B.S. in Marine Engineering from U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.  Having been with the agency for 33 years, Mr. Habighorst has held various positions of increasing responsibility including resident inspector and senior resident inspector at various nuclear power stations, technical assistant in the Office of the Executive Director for Operation, Chief of the Fuel Manufacturing Branch in the Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Chief of the Material Controls and Accounting Branch in the Division of Fuel Cycle Safety Safeguards and Environmental Review , and acting Budget Director in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.  In 2004, Mr. Habighorst was awarded a Meritorious Service Award for excellence in reactor inspections.  Prior to employment with the NRC, Mr. Habighorst was employed with Westinghouse Electric Corporation as a nuclear plant engineer/shift manager at the S5G prototype focused on naval nuclear propulsion operations and training.