Roderick Knight
Knight Cost Engineering Services, LLC
22 Mt. View Terrace
New Milford, CT 06776
(203) 788-9353
General Skills
• Development of 200-million to one-billion-dollar cost estimates
• Report writing
• Client interaction
• Familiarity with Code of Federal Regulations
• CPM Scheduling analysis
• Ability to work through complex situations leading to defendable and realistic reports
• Computer proficiency, including the following: Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project for
Windows; several other spreadsheet / cost analysis programs
Experience
July 2004 to Knight Cost Engineering Services, LLC
Present 22 Mt. View Terr.
New Milford, CT 06776
President
• Currently working on a contract basis as a Certified Cost Engineer
• Developing decommissioning cost estimates for the nuclear industry
• Maintain extensive vendor contact in support of cost estimates
• Manage cost estimating staff in the completion of various portions of the decommissioning cost estimates
• Ensure conformance to federal regulations
• Provide litigation and rate hearing support
Dec 1992 to SCIENTECH, Inc.
June 2004 143 West Street
New Milford, CT 06776
Project Manager
• Develop decommissioning cost estimates for the nuclear industry
• Develop and meet project schedules and budgets
• Maintain extensive vendor contact in support of cost estimates
• Manage four to five engineers in the completion of various portions of the decommissioning cost estimates
• Maintain close client contact to ensure that their comments and concerns are incorporated into the project
• Ensure conformance to federal regulations
• Prepared cost estimates in support of rate hearings and litigation
Project Engineer
• Determine the extent of client-supplied technical information and verify that this information is adequate to
support the project
• Investigate post-shutdown cost reduction methods
• Develop computer-generated models to standardize cost estimating methodologies
• Develop reports on decommissioning scheduling and cost analysis
• Support development of proposals for projects
Oct 1985 to TLG Engineering, Inc.
Dec 1992 148 New Milford Road
East Bridgewater,
CT
Project Engineer
• Coordinated all cost estimating components in preparation for a detailed cost estimate for nuclear power
plant decommissioning
• Calculated structural design specifications
• Maintained the schedule and budget for the generation of cost estimates
• Contributed to the development of current methodology for accurate decommissioning cost estimates
• Developed a database for use within computer codes providing detailed cost estimates
• Instructed at conferences and hearings on nuclear power plant decommissioning
Additional
• Certified Cost Engineer through AACE International
• In the fall of 2004 worked as part of a Scientech team contracted by PA Government Services (PA) to assist
in developing and promoting a series of reforms for the Armenian energy sector. SCIENTECH Worked directly
with PA’s project office in Armenia. The main focus of the activities under this Agreement was to provide
expertise on the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) decommissioning and nuclear safety issues. This work
included, review of the existing reports and studies on ANPP’s decommissioning; develop a draft proposal for
ANPP's decommissioning based on international experience; Conduct a workshop for all stakeholders to
present draft report on decommissioning the ANPP, revise report based on workshop feedback and finalize
report and plan for decommissioning
• Served as an expert, in March of 2004, on an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to Vienna,
Austria. The mission was to review the comments of the Peer Review held in 2003 (of which I served as an
expert) and develop a plan which will lead to an internationally acceptable decommissioning plan for the BN-350
Nuclear Power Plant located in Aktau, Kazakhstan. A report was provided to the IAEA.
• Served as an expert on an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to Zagreb, Croatia, in
December of 2003. The purpose of this mission was to provide technical support for the review of the
decommissioning program for Krsko Nuclear Power Plant, jointly owned by Slovenia and Croatia. The mission
consisted of the review of the Krsko NPP decommissioning cost estimate, to be used to establish a funding
mechanism. A report of our findings was produced and submitted to the IAEA.
• Served as a member of a Peer Review Committee for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the
summer of 2003. The purpose of this committee was to review the Decommissioning Plan for the BN-350
Nuclear Reactor in Kazakhstan and produce a report of our findings for the Kazakhstan Atomic Energy
Committee. The mission included a site visit to the BN-350 reactor in Aktau, Kazakhstan.
• One of eleven-member EM-6 expert Review Team for Department of Energy project at Brookhaven National
Labs, Long Island, NY, April 3–7, 2000; Assessed cost, schedule, technical scope, management planning and
control, and external factors for six DOE projects. These projects included both radiological and hazardous
contamination requiring a variety of remedial action processes.
• In addition to developing decommissioning cost estimates for commercial nuclear power plants, I have
also been responsible for developing estimates for a variety of facilities. These estimates were developed for a
number of reasons, including proposal support, owner estimates and project funding. This work includes the
development of estimates at Los Alamos National Laboratory, manufacturing facilities and research facilities.
Most of these estimates included the remediation of both radiological and hazardous wastes.
• Performed numerous prudency reviews of cost estimates developed by others. In many cases these
reviews were used by confidential clients in the determination whether to purchase nuclear power plants.
• Taught at decommissioning seminar in Newport, R.I. in Oct 1995
• Developed lesson plans and instructed at ANS Winter Meeting, 1999
• Passed Engineer in Training (EIT) exam in 1993
Education
1993 University of New Haven, BS Civil Engineering, Magna Cum Laude. Selected to Chi Epsilon (Civil
Engineering Honor Society)
1981 University of Maine, BS Natural Resource Management
Publications
• Presented a paper entitled “How Utilities Can Achieve More Accurate Decommissioning Cost Estimates” at
American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Long Beach, CA, 1999. The paper was published in ANS
Transactions, Volume 81, 1999
Testimony/Deposition
• In the winter of 2005 provided cost estimates to a confidential client for litigation support. Also provided
deposition in May of 2005in support of this work.
• Provided direct testimony as a material witness in the United States Court of Federal Claims in March of
2004 in support of their claim against the United States Department of Energy for damages due to failure of the
USDOE to take receipt of spent nuclear fuel beginning in 1998.
• In December of 2003 provided deposition for a client in support of their claim against the United States
Department of Energy for damages due to failure of the USDOE to take receipt of spent nuclear fuel beginning in
1998.
