Principal Engineer, Nuclear Fuel Engineering
Performed advanced engineering tasks related to fuel management and safety analysis and developed many computer-based tools to enhance productivity and reduce errors. Manage/optimize analysis and operational margins.- Independently develop reactor core designs for Turkey Point and Seabrook, helping to maintain NEE as the most cost-effective large fleet in the country with regards to fuel cost.- Proficient in Python, FORTRAN, MS Office, Linux OS. Working knowledge of VBA and various shell scripts. Noteworthy accomplishments include:-- Developed PYCONS, a GUI for spent fuel pool management that incorporates plantspecific Technical Specification and administrative restrictions on fuel placement in the spent fuel pool, new fuel room, and reactor core. Identifies “allowed” moves and “best” moves. Enforces “shall not” rules, while allowing user to selectively activate “should not” rules. Contains automation modules to plan and optimize core offload, insert shuffle, and core reload. Works for all spent fuel pools in our fleet.-- Six Sigma Green Belt Project: developed a Python program to generate core models using NRC-licensed design codes directly from candidate loading patterns generated by ROSA (scoping tool), saving at least $100k in fuel cost every reload due to more efficient core designs, and approximately one man-month of engineering effort.-- Continued development of AutoNDR, a Python and VBA-based combination of codes that enables pushbutton generation of Nuclear Design Reports (NDR)-- Wrote the FMEVAL code to evaluate flux maps against a database of previous flux maps, employing statistical calculations to detect anomalies in assembly-wise measured-to-predicted power, detector performance, and other surveillance criteria.-Fleet Duty Officer-Engineering Change Package preparation-10 CFR 50.59
