Skip Bowman
Frank L. (Skip) Bowman was a retired Navy Admiral when he was appointed the president and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) in February 2005.
Skip Bowman ended his military career in December 2004 after 38 years in the Navy. At the time of his retirement, he was an admiral serving as director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program; he was the third successor to Adm. Hyman G. Rickover in that command. Bowman also was deputy administrator for naval reactors in the National Nuclear Security Administration of the Department of Energy. In these dual positions, he was responsible for the operations of more than 100 reactors aboard the Navy’s aircraft carriers and submarines, four training sites and two Department of Energy laboratories in Pittsburgh and Schenectady, N.Y.
NEI is the policy organization for the country’s commercial nuclear power industry, and its mission includes interaction with Congress and the Executive Branch, as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Skip Bowman ended his military career in December 2004 after 38 years in the Navy. At the time of his retirement, he was an admiral serving as director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program; he was the third successor to Adm. Hyman G. Rickover in that command. Bowman also was deputy administrator for naval reactors in the National Nuclear Security Administration of the Department of Energy. In these dual positions, he was responsible for the operations of more than 100 reactors aboard the Navy’s aircraft carriers and submarines, four training sites and two Department of Energy laboratories in Pittsburgh and Schenectady, N.Y.
NEI is the policy organization for the country’s commercial nuclear power industry, and its mission includes interaction with Congress and the Executive Branch, as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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