Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

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Expert Details

Nuclear Fuel Processing, Decommissioning and Waste Management

ID: 726610 United Kingdom

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Expert has worked for over 20 years in the manufacture of fuel pellets for fast reactors and light water reactors. His principle expertise and expereience is mixed oxide (U/Pu) fuel pellets. He has worked on design, commissioning and operation of processing plants going through all the processes from powder import, mixing, compacting into pellets, sintering and pellet grinding and inspection. He has a full understanding of customer specfications and expectations having made fuel pellets for reactors in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Japan.

Expert is experienced in the design of plants for processing nuclear fuel and waste, and is well versed in all stages of the design process from strategic assessments, optioneering studies, generation of initial designs and through to detailed design construction, commissioning and operation. His principle expertise is in process design, and generation of process flowsheets.

Expert has substantial experience with nuclear regulators (safety, safeguards environmental)

Expert has experience in a nuclear design office as Principle Process Engineer, and has covered many aspects of design from concepts through to detail. This has included optioneering studies, process flow diagrams, process flowsheets etc. He has also worked extrensively in bid preparation. This work has covered processing and decontamination of fuel containers, decontamination of nuclear plant, processing of ILW, aerial abatement systems.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1984 Degree: BEng Subject: Chemical Engineering Institution: Universtiy of Bradford

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2008 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Senior Process Engineer Department: Engineering Design
Responsibilities:
Process engineering design. Expert has led optioneering studies, developed process designs, eg process flow diagrams, process flowsheets. He has also led bid preparations
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1994 to 2008 Employer: BNFL Title: Senior Process Engineer Department: MOX Fuels
Responsibilities:
Commissioning, and operation of two nucelar fuel manufacturing plants at Sellafield. Process optimisation and trouble-shootings. Throughput and quality improvements. Leading a team of process engineers.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1995 to 1994 Employer: UKAEA Title: Production Manager Department: Plutonium Fuels
Responsibilities:
Managed the operation of a fast reactor fuel fabrication plant at Sellafield. Responsible for throughput, quality, safety and budget. Led a team of 75 operators.

Government Experience

Years Agency Role Description
Years: 1985 to 1994 Agency: UKAEA Role: Production Manager Description: He managed a fast reactor fuel production line, responsible for throughput, quality, safety and budget.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 2004 to 2004 Country / Region: France Summary: Visited MELOX plant operated by AREVA to investigate improvement opportunities
Years: 2003 to 2003 Country / Region: Belgium Summary: Visited Belgonucliaire plant at Dessel to investigate improvement oportunities
Years: 2002 to 2002 Country / Region: Germany Summary: Visited Siemens plant at Erlangan to give presentation on analytical methods for nuclear fuel pellets.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
French Basic knowledge
Spanish Basic knowledge

Fields of Expertise

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