Mohamed Shams
Director, Division of Advanced Reactors
and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mohamed K. Shams serves as Director, Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR).
Dr. Shams joined the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 2007 as a civil engineer in the Office of New Reactors, where he progressed to the Chief, Structural Engineering Branch. In 2015, he joined NRR, where he served as the Chief, External Hazards Branch and the Deputy Director, Japan Lessons Learned Division. Dr. Shams also served on Commissioner Wright’s staff as a Reactor Technical Policy Advisor. His other assignments have included acting Senior Executive Service (SES) positions in Region I, Region II, and the Office of International Programs; acting Deputy Assistant for Operations, Office of the Executive Director for Operations; and his previous SES position as Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing in NRR.
Prior to joining the NRC, Dr. Shams served at the U.S. Department of Interior in seismic risk assessments and was a consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy for the design of a highly enriched uranium storage facility. He holds a master's and doctorate degrees in Structural Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also holds Professional Engineer's licenses in the States of Georgia and Maryland.