Dave. Kahn Email & Phone Number

Idaho Falls, Idaho

11/16 to present - Advanced Test Reactor / INLOperations Specialist in Facility Support OfficeAs a former operator I am more involved with work planning and work control as well as coordination of subcontractor projects. I am also the system administrator for eSOMS (electronic Shift Operations Management 11/05 to 11/16 - Advanced Test Reactor / INLQualified as Senior Experimental Operator and Reactor Operator at the Advanced Test Reactor. Supervised crew Experiment Operators… Show more 11/16 to present - Advanced Test Reactor / INLOperations Specialist in Facility Support OfficeAs a former operator I am more involved with work planning and work control as well as coordination of subcontractor projects. I am also the system administrator for eSOMS (electronic Shift Operations Management 11/05 to 11/16 - Advanced Test Reactor / INLQualified as Senior Experimental Operator and Reactor Operator at the Advanced Test Reactor. Supervised crew Experiment Operators and all work in the Loops Operations and Control Station. Responsible for maintaining conditions in 6 different reactor experiment loops. Performed lock out/tag out as necessary to support maintenance. Reviewed procedures, issued changes, updated prints.8/91 to 11/05 - Argonne National Laboratory / INLQualified as a Nuclear Power Plant Operator for the EBR-II reactor. It was the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor part of the Integral Fast Reactor project. I qualified in all aspects of power plant operation and fuel handing. After EBR-II was shutdown and upon completion of defueling the reactor in 1998, I became part of the Sodium Processing Facility which we built and operated for the purpose of processing all the liquid metal sodium used as coolant in the reactor. After a few years I transferred to the Hot Fuel Examination Facility (HFEF) and gained remote handling experience with master/slave manipulators. As a member of the process crew I also qualified in Cask Handling and Waste Characterization as well as in-cell operations including many areas of metalography. After 2 years I transferred HFEF's Facility Operations crew as a shift Technician and back to systems operations type work. I also qualified as a reactor operator on the NRAD reactor (TRIGA) and on the NGEN particle accelerator because their work load was so small a full time operator was not necessary. I also qualified and stood watch as Facility Area Supervisor handling all aspects of facility work control. Show less

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Started with 1 year of Electronics School in Great Lakes Illinois. Nuclear Power School in Orlando Florida. I was then transferred to Idaho for 6 months of reactor prototype training. Upon completion of prototype training I was selected as an instructor and spent an additional 2 and half years as staff at the S1W prototype reactor. My duties included operation and maintenance as well as `on the job’ instruction and classroom instruction. My final 2 years in the Navy were aboard a fast attack… Show more Started with 1 year of Electronics School in Great Lakes Illinois. Nuclear Power School in Orlando Florida. I was then transferred to Idaho for 6 months of reactor prototype training. Upon completion of prototype training I was selected as an instructor and spent an additional 2 and half years as staff at the S1W prototype reactor. My duties included operation and maintenance as well as `on the job’ instruction and classroom instruction. My final 2 years in the Navy were aboard a fast attack submarine. My first year was spent doing weekly operations out of San Diego including a special operation and an intensive upkeep period at the Trident refit facility. The last year was spent at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard performing a Depot Modernization Period including a 6 week temporary assignment to USS San Francisco (SSN-711) for criticality testing and rod testing. At the time of my discharge I was the leading reactor operator on the USS Houston (SSN 713) in charge of all reactor controls division work and personnel. Show less