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Jack DeVine
Principal and Chairman of the Board
Jack DeVine
(650) 917-3757
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JACK C. DEVINE, Principal and Chairman of the Board
is a co-founder of
Polestar and remains actively engaged in guiding the company's operations and growth. He is a
well-known and widely respected leader in the nuclear power industry. Since Polestar's inception
in 1992, Jack has provided a wide range of professional services to private and public sector
clients. His activities have included strategic and management consulting, ongoing periodic
assessment of engineering and management effectiveness at several commercial U.S. nuclear
stations and leadership of numerous independent assessment teams in support of DOE spent nuclear
fuel management and facility deactivation and decommissioning work.
Prior to forming Polestar, Jack was with the General Public Utilities (GPU) system for 23
years. From 1970 through 1979, he held engineering and management positions involving design and
construction of new nuclear plants and major plant modifications. Jack had a major role in the
response and recovery from the March 1979 nuclear accident at the GPU Three Mile Island Unit 2,
serving as part of the Emergency Response Team immediately following the accident, and in the
following years as Recovery Engineering Manager and Technical Planning Director.
On special assignment to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Palo Alto, California
(1986 - 1989) Jack had responsibility for overall direction of the U.S. Advanced Light Water
Reactor (ALWR) Program, coordinating U.S. and international utility industry efforts in
developing advanced reactor design concepts for the next generation. From 1989 through 1992, he
served as the GPU Nuclear Corporation Vice President & Director - Technical Functions, with
overall responsibility for all engineering work in support of the company's operating nuclear
plants, and as a member of the GPU Nuclear Board of Directors. His work at GPU also included
executive-level participation in utility industry activities, including Project Management Board
of the Advanced Reactor Corporation, the EPRI Nuclear Power Division Advisory Committee, the
Executive Board of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Utility Waste Management Group, and
others
Jack graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1965, with a BS in Mathematics. He served as a
commissioned officer aboard the fast attack nuclear submarine USS Sunfish (SSN-649).
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