Robert A. Bari is a senior physicist at the U. S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory. He has been involved in the design and safety assessments of complex, high-technology facilities since he joined the applied programs at the Laboratory in 1974. He has worked on projects and issues regarding nuclear safety and nonproliferation technologies, nuclear waste management, development of advanced nuclear reactors, and other related technologies. During the 1980s, at the request of the

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC), Dr. Bari created and led a team of experts in the area of probabilistic risk assessment (PRA). This team expanded PRA methodologies in areas of importance to safety of nuclear power plants. In addition to his work for the USNRC, Dr. Bari led a four-laboratory team in a year-long evaluation of the impact of fuel enrichment on the performance of the Advanced Neutron Source, formerly planned for operation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His current research involves energy resources, national security, and reliability of the national electrical grid. Dr. Bari has lectured internationally on risk as­sessment and nuclear safety and has authored more than 100 papers and key reports in these areas. Dr. Bari earned an A. B. in physics in 1965 from Rutgers University and a Ph. D. from Brandeis University in 1970.