Laura Kozak

Laura Kozak is currently a Senior Reactor Analyst in the NRC’s Region III office in Lisle, Illinois.  Ms. Kozak has been an SRA in RIII for over 15 years, evaluating reactor events and issues using risk-informed approaches and advising staff and managers on risk thinking.  Prior to becoming an SRA, she was a resident and regional inspector in the Region III office.  Ms. Kozak joined the NRC in 1992 in NRC headquarters with the Office for the Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data (AEOD), where she began her career journey in risk-informed regulation.  Before joining the NRC, Ms. Kozak was an operations supervisor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.  Ms. Kozak has a BS degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.