Stephen Acker

Email: abpc84@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Middletown

State: PA

Zip: 17057

Country: USA

Phone: 717-***-****

Skill Level: Any

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Primary Skills/Experience:

Health Physicist with 31 years of experience. Specialty areas include operational radiation safety, environmental monitoring and dose calculations.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Penn State University, Harrisburg PA 1/2001 to 12/2002 (Environmental Pollution Control)

High School Dipolma from Northland College, Harrisburg PA 1/2001 to 11/2012

Job History / Details:

Professional Overview

Health Physicist with 31 years of experience. Specialty areas include operational radiation safety, environmental monitoring and dose calculations.

Core Qualifications

Active listening

Critical Thinking

Public Speaking

Regulatory Compliance

Verbal & Written Communication

Problem Solving

Project Management

Accomplishments

As the alternate radiation safety officer for a multi-licensed facility I initiated an attention-to-detail standard for the radiation safety program.

I was the first technician in a class of ten to become fully certified at Three Mile Island Nuclear Station. I also was the first technician in TMINS history to earn certification by the National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists.

Education

2002 Penn State University Harrisburg, PA

Master of Science Environmental Pollution Control

GPA 3.45

1980 Northland College Ashland, WI

Bachelor of Science Biology

Chemistry minor. Courses included; physics, ecology, wildlife management, cell biology, biology, genetics, chemistry, organic chemistry, technology management, statistics.

Thesis/Dissertation

Thesis: "Modeling the Summer Nitrogen Cycle for Stoney Creek Using QUALE IIE" used this USEPA model to simulate the nitrogen cycle and predict the nitrogen concentration in the creek that empties into the Susquehanna River which flows into the Chesapeake Bay.

Experience

August 2010 to Current

Dept. of Defense Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Health Physicist

Became alternate radiation safety officer in spring 2012. In charge of day-to-day radiation safety for the test facility. This includes laser and radio frequency safety.

Lead oversight for the environmental radiological monitoring program. I am in the process of updating this program.

June 2008 to August 2010

PA Dept. of Env. Protection Harrisburg, PA

Radiation Protection Supervisor

Supervisor in the Southcentral Region of the Bureau of Radiation Protection. Implemented the new Agreement State program for the inspection of licensees. Established the inspection frequency and schedule for this new workload.

Participated in licensee consent order and agreement meetings.

Implement TENORM & NORM oversight activities for Marcellus Shale drilling; included waste disposal of sludges from water treatment

June 2007 to June 2008

PA Dept. of Env. Protection Harrisburg, PA

Health Physicist

Review license applications for Agreement State RAM Licenses

Review shielding calculations for linear accelerators

Review license applications for medical accelerators

September 1981 to June 2007

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Middletown, PA

Environmental Scientist/Health Physics Technician

Nuclear Oversight Assessor for radiation protection and chemistry (1 year) - work with senior management to drive programs towards excellence.

Offsite Dose Calculation Manual Specialist (2 years) - review environmental and plant effluent data for regulatory compliance, trend data, oversee the collection of station meteorological parameters, perform effluent dose calculations, and prepare and submit annual reports to the US NRC.

Environmental Scientist, Non-Radiological Programs (9 years) - implement RCRA regulations for waste management and OSHA regulations for chemical control.

Environmental Scientist, Radiological Environmental Programs (7 years) - participate in env. sampling, review and trend sample results, write specific sections of the annual env. operating report for the US NRC.

Health Physics Technician (6 years) - perform radiation, contamination and airborne surveys, write radiation work permits, and provide job coverage.

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