Michael Braden Email & Phone Number

Leland, North Carolina, United States

Southport, North Carolina, United States

• Lead for site performance indicators, ensuring compliance with regulatory and industry standards
• Coordinate INPO IRIS submissions, providing direction and support for accurate reporting
• Oversee site Operating Experience program, offering insights to enhance operational efficiency
• Act as backup Corrective Action Program (CAP) coordinator, ensuring adherence to CAP protocols and governance
• Manage self-assessment and benchmark programs, driving continuous improvement

Brunswick Nuclear Plant

Brunswick Nuclear Plant

• Led all aspects of Licensed Operator submittals, ensuring timely applications, renewals, and updates
• Coordinated Mitigating Systems Performance Index (MSPI) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) performanceindicators, delivering monthly and quarterly reports
• Drafted and reviewed various licensing correspondence, maintaining regulatory compliance
• Served as regulatory point-of-contact for Inservice Inspection and Testing, ensuring adherence to standards
• Assisted with large project implementation in Emergency Preparedness, contributing to successful project outcomes

Brunswick Nuclear Plant

Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station

• Drafted and reviewed various licensing correspondence, maintaining regulatory compliance
• Enhanced inter-departmental collaboration by representing the Security organization in Licensing matters
• Led ISFSI and 0350 Security inspections, identifying key improvement areas
• Contributed to comprehensive evaluations as one of four site licensing representatives for the NRC 0350 inspection
• Provided actionable recommendations to Senior Leadership through detailed binning reviews for NRC 0350 inspections

Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station

• Part of the FCS Recovery Team working on historical review of and procedure guide updates to the site's degraded/nonconforming (DNC) and operability evaluation process.
• Nuclear Engineer in Reactor Performance Analysis group to work on core reload analysis and associated calculations.

Rockville, MD

• Accepted into the NSPDP program for advanced professional development
• Completed Reactor Technical Reviewer Qualification, enhancing technical proficiency in reactor safety
• Led update of Regulatory Guide 1.91 to Revision 2, ensuring compliance with latest standards and methods
• Assisted during meteorology audit at the proposed Bell Bend Plant site, contributing to site evaluation reviews
• Primary reviewer for Bell Bend COL, Chapter 15 - DBA Analysis & Chapter 6.4 - Habitability Systems
• Primary reviewer for PSEG ESP, Chapter 15 - DBA Analysis

Bs, Nuclear Engineering

Activities and Societies: ANS

Ba, Economics