Provide engineering support as a safety analyst performing evaluations related to hazard identification, accident analysis, flammability, criticality, and shielding.Provided engineering services to DWPF as a member of the PISA closure/Alternate Reductant team including development of calculations supporting safety class purge systems.Served as Engineering Implementation Coordinator for multiple DWPF and Saltstone safety basis changes including a substantial modification of the… Show more Provide engineering support as a safety analyst performing evaluations related to hazard identification, accident analysis, flammability, criticality, and shielding.Provided engineering services to DWPF as a member of the PISA closure/Alternate Reductant team including development of calculations supporting safety class purge systems.Served as Engineering Implementation Coordinator for multiple DWPF and Saltstone safety basis changes including a substantial modification of the DWPF safety-related purge systems. Show less

Perform shielding assessments utilizing both MCNP and MicroShield. Analyzed various sources including spent fuel, spent resin, radwaste processing tanks and associated piping and low level radwaste containers. Shielding assessments were of various configurations including: direct through the wall transmission, skyshine transmission, and transmission through shield wall penetrations.Perform radiological design basis accident assessments using RADTRAD to model radionuclide transport to… Show more Perform shielding assessments utilizing both MCNP and MicroShield. Analyzed various sources including spent fuel, spent resin, radwaste processing tanks and associated piping and low level radwaste containers. Shielding assessments were of various configurations including: direct through the wall transmission, skyshine transmission, and transmission through shield wall penetrations.Perform radiological design basis accident assessments using RADTRAD to model radionuclide transport to determine doses to various areas of concern including the control room, exclusion area boundary and low population zone.Develop an algorithm to aid plant personnel in the loading of an Interim Radwaste Storage Facility. The algorithm provided expected dose rates based on the characteristics of radwaste containers planned to be stored in the facility and provided a decision making tool for container placement.Provide recommendations for equipment upgrades to various radwaste systems including developing specifications for the procurement of radwaste equipment.Perform Flow Accelerated Corrosion evaluations resulting in recommending replacement of prematurely thinning pipe to avoid pipe failure. Existing surveillance practices were evaluated and improvements were recommended to ensure most at-risk pipes were closely monitored.Evaluate Independent Fuel Storage Installations including determining possible hazards in the proposed location and either proving acceptability or providing a mitigation solution, evaluating dry storage versus continued pool storage, and comparing multiple dry storage cask vendors.Analyze control room habitability from a toxic gas release by executing HABIT to assess the impact on the control room from toxic gasses generated from potential mixing of incompatible chemicals.Perform spent fuel decay heat evaluations which determined the potential bulk temperature rise in the spent fuel pool and localized temperature peaks to assure no boiling will occur. Show less

Received, surveyed, and recorded deliveries of radioactive material on the Georgia Tech Campus. Performed radiological surveys of labs utilizing radioactive materials to ensure worker safety and ensure ALARA practices were properly followed.

Analyzed results from a test and evaluation of novel radioisotope identification algorithms. Co-authored three papers presented at the INMM 51st annual meeting.

Supported the reactor engineering group by creating a control rod move sheet generator, updating the reactivity management key performance indicator, and investigated control rod position indicator discrepancies.

Performed various tasks including analyzing alpha spec samples, updating radiation boundary maps, and creating spreadsheets to instill uniformity throughout the project sites.

Analyzed the effect of penetrations through bulk shield walls in various buildings. Set up, executed and documented the shielding calculations for various source geometries and source strengths shielded by walls with penetrations. Preformed ALARA Design Reviews on waste stream sampling systems.