Mr. Schulz has over 35 years of experience in nuclear engineering, structural and fracture mechanics, materials, and nuclear safety. At GRS he is Head of the Department of Components Integrity and was/is a member of various national and international advisory bodies regarding nuclear safety, component integrity, and codes and standards. In this role, he is responsible for the safety assessment of nuclear components and structures, as well as related research and verification of fracture mechanics codes for safety applications.

Prior to joining GRS, he worked for Gesellschaft fur Reaktorsicherheit where he held various staff positions and project management responsibilities for PWR safety assessment work. Prior to that he was with United Nuclear Corporation where he did work with fuel element design and inspection of reference elements in US Nuclear Power Plants. He was also on staff with AEG Research Center for which he worked in the area of fuel element design, qualification of fabrication processes, testing programs on fuel elements and inspection of reference elements in nuclear pilot plants. Mr. Schulz holds a B. S. /M. S. in mechanical and nuclear engineering and has served on the engineering faculty at Essen.