Kevin Stanford Beard
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Professional Analysis, Inc.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 2/2008 Present
Hours per week: 40
Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer
This position requires the support of the Y-12 Site Office (YSO) Subject Matter Expert for Nuclear Criticality Safety. Primarily, the position focus included the review of Criticality Safety Evaluations (CSE), Criticality Safety Approvals (CSAs), calculations for the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility (HEUMF), Criticality Safety Process Studies and 10 CFR 830 and DOE Standard 1189 Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis (PDSA) for the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF), Safety Evaluation Reports (SER), Safety Analysis Reports (SAR), and Technical Safety Requirements (TSR) for all facilities.
Additional responsibilities;
Readiness Verification Review (RVR) for HEUMF to confirm that pre-start findings from the contractor review are appropriately closed and post-start findings have approved corrective action plans.
routine reviews of CSEs for all of the facilities at Y-12 are performed; comment response, factual accuracy, and final reports are generated in the database, Pegasus.
status meetings with the contractor concerning various projects
participation in the Nuclear Criticality Safety Advisory Council
field assessments
review of the management self assessments performed by the contractor
fissile material control reviews of the Y-12 contractor NDA surveillances
reviews of deficiency reports, participation in critiques related to the deficiencies, and
researching NCS related questions for YSO engineers and managers
Navarro Research and Engineering
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 10/2004 - 2/2008
Hours per week: 40
Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer
Staff augmentation position for Y-12s nuclear criticality safety department. Authored / performed various Criticality Safety Evaluations and calculations for the Y-12 Material Management Organization. Lead NCS Engineer for 9720-5, Uranium Storage Facility. Completed Tasks 1-6 (Standard Engineer Tasks and Review Qualifications) and 11 (NCS Program Oversight) under Y-12s NCS Qualification Program. Peer reviewed Criticality Safety Evaluations and Approvals for 9720-5 and other facilities.
SAIC
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 10/1999 - 10/2004
Hours per week: 40
Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer
Staff augmentation position for Y-12s nuclear criticality safety department. Fully qualified under Senior NCS Engineer under the SAIC qualification program. Authored / performed various Criticality Safety Evaluations and calculations for the Y-12 Material Control Organization. Authored / performed calculations for Y-12s Oxide Dissolver NCSE. Completed Tasks 1-6 under Y-12s NCS Qualification Program (e.g.,. External Monitoring, NCS Evaluation and Documentation, Implementing Documentation Approval, NCS Computation, NCS Computation Review). Peer reviewed NCSE for K-25 disposal of uranium bearing wastes. Prepared computer models for Y-12s Hydrogen Fluoride containment.
Professional Analysis Incorporated
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 4/1998 - 10/1999
Hours per week: 40
Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer
Provide support to the DOE Subject Matter Expert responsible for the oversight of the Y-12 Nuclear Criticality Safety Organization. This support focused on review of Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluations and Safety Analysis documents (e.g., SARs, BIOs, TSRs, OSRs, etc.), interpretation and direction for incorporation of DOE Orders and ANSI Standards into S/RIDs, as well as application to procedure and posting evaluations in the field. Participated in experiments with LMES (the prime Y-12 contractor) demonstrating the effectiveness of Portable Radiation Detection Instruments (PRDI) as criticality detection compensatory instruments.
Westinghouse Safety Management Solutions (WSMS) 12/1997 - 4/1998
Hours per week: 40
Lead Criticality Engineer, Spent Fuel Storage (SFS) Division
Management and oversight of the SFS criticality group. Review of NCSEs and Limits established by the SFS criticality Group.
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY - SAVANNAH RIVER SITE (SRS) 12/1994 - 12/1997
Hours per week: 40
Sr. Engineer A, Criticality Specialist
Preparation of numerous Criticality Safety Evaluations pertaining to the fabrication or storage of various types of fuels at the Savannah River Site facilities.
Criticality Specialist for the following facilities (reverse chronological order)
- Receiving Basin for Off-site Fuels
- K Areas Assembly Area fresh fuel storage
- M Area Fuel Fabrication Facility
Procedure Review
Criticality Safety Committee Member
Code and maintain spreadsheets used to generate KENO V.a model code input
Mentoring engineers on preparation of Criticality Safety Evaluations
Providing assistance to other engineers on MCNP and SCALE 4.2 / KENO V.a modeling techniques
Review of CSEs
Responding to criticality questions from DOE
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY - SAVANNAH RIVER SITE (SRS) 10/1993 - 12/1994
Safety Analyst
Radiological Dose Assessments and DOE 5500 series Hazards Assessments
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY - SAVANNAH RIVER SITE (SRS) 6/1990 - 10/1993
Core Physics Group Engineer
Emergency Action Level (EAL) Technical Bases for P, L, and K Reactors, Reactor Instrumentation, Reactor Source Terms, Nuclear Reactivity Calculations, Reactor Startup Engineer K Reactor
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT, BRUNSWICK NUCLEAR PROJECT 6/1982 - 12/1985
Health Physics Technician (First Class)
Management of the portable HEPA systems, portable instrument calibration, respirator class instruction, perform radiation and contamination surveys, job coverage
EDUCATION:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Master's of Nuclear Engineering Degree, Minor Mechanical Engineering - 8/1990 GPA: 3.5 out of 4.0
Master's Project: "Simulation of the Carolina Power & Light Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Radiation Monitoring System," April 10,1990
B.S. Nuclear Engineering - 12/1988 GPA: : 3.747 out of 4.0
magna cum laude
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington
B.S. Biology 8/1976
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