Andrew R. Ohrablo
Nebraska City, NE 68410
Objective Seeking continuous opportunities to apply skills, abilities,
education and experiences to engineering and managerial
challenges in the nuclear power field.
Experience Control Room Supervisor, Cooper Nuclear Station, Nebraska
Public Power District
3/08-present ( Qualified Nuclear Regulatory Commission Senior Reactor
Operator.
( Qualified On Shift Emergency Director.
( Directing the activities of Control Room Operators and Non-
Licensed Nuclear Plant Operators in response to normal,
abnormal, and emergency conditions
( In conjunction with the Shift Manager, determine Emergency
Action Levels and Protective Action Recommendations for
Emergency Plan Implementation.
( In charge of schedule implementation for shift activities.
( Assigned as Crew D Control Room Supervisor.
( Primary command and control interface between the SM and other
Operations Shift personnel
( Assume the role of the SM should the SM become incapacitated
while on-shift.
( Responsible to ensure all plant manipulations are in
accordance with approved station documents
( Ensure Technical Specifications requirements are satisfied on
inoperable equipment, planned maintenance, and/or surveillance
testing.
( Promote and define a continuous improvement philosophy within
the Operations Department focusing on Crew performance,
department practices, policies, and processes.
( Ensure a conservative approach to operations involving core
reactivity changes and enforce the conservative reactivity
management principles.
7/11-10/13 Outage SRO
( Developed system windows
( Pre-plan evolutions from commencement of plant pressure test
to 100% power.
( Package approval including industrial, radiological and
nuclear risk reviews.
(
3/11-5/11 Operations Outage Manager
( Responsible for overall outage plant risk profile.
( Responsible for Outage resource allocations and priorities.
( Oversee the forecasting and allocation of Operations
Department
resources to ensure schedule integrity is preserved.
( Performed schedule review to ensure all key safety functions
maintained at all times.
( Developed and implemented contingency plans for higher risk
activities.
( Reviewed emergent equipment issues and impact to the outage
risk profile.
( Coordinated interdepartmental resource requirements.
2/99-present Shift Technical Engineer, Cooper Nuclear Station, Nebraska
Public Power District
( Qualified Shift Technical Engineer. First Shift Technical Engineer
qualified as a direct hire in Cooper history.
( Responsible for Control Room-NRC Resident interface.
( Control Room point of contact for Performance Engineering,
Design Engineer, and Engineering Support Departments.
( Responsible for emergent issue Risk Determination
Significance on plant work items in support of the new Nuclear
Regulatory Commission Overview Program. (Pilot Plant)
( Performed Operation review of Condition Reports to screen for
OPERABILITY issues and implementation of Generic Letter 91-18
and RIS 2005-20 Rev 1.
( Review and disposition Condition Reports for impacts on issues
relating to site safety (nuclear and industrial), fitness for
duty, NRC Immediate Reportability, reactivity events and
Security.
( Perform Operability Evaluations.
( Evaluated Operability Evaluations for adequacy and technical
content.
( Crew E/D Corrective Action Coordinator.
( Corporate Assessment 91-18 expert.
( Performed post SCRAM Critiques.
( Received plant SRO Certification.
( Developed Abnormals and Technical Specification Database for Hot
License Class students.
( Operations Department Representative on the site wide Safety
Betterment Team.
( Qualified as 50.59 Reviewer for the standardized USA program.
( Shift Communicator qualified for Emergency Plan Implementation
( Qualified Root Cause investigator.
( USAR Abnormal Operational Transient, Accident and Special
Event Expert.
5/97-8/97 Balance of Plant System Engineer Summer Intern, Fermi 2 Nuclear
Power Plant, Detroit Edison
( Coordinated efforts between Detroit Edison personnel and
independent contractors to perform complex evolution.
( Briefed senior plant personnel on ongoing project status and
developments.
( Researched alternatives for replacement of Condensate Pump Suction
Valves.
( Determined operating procedure validity by use of blueprints and
calculations.
( Assisted in troubleshooting procedures for failed plant equipment.
7/89-12/93 Nuclear Electrician, USS Enterprise, United States Navy
( Executed the spectrum of maintenance, repair and troubleshooting on
reactor plant's electrical components for a major warship.
( Supervised 12 personnel as Leading Petty Officer.
( Obtained progressively higher qualifications from Basic Nuclear
Operator, through Reactor Electrician, to Shutdown Reactor
Operator.
( Earned recognition as first electrician qualified Shutdown
Reactor Operator on USS Enterprise in 20 years.
( Maintained numerous collateral qualifications including
Qualification Petty Officer, Lecturer, Training Petty Officer,
Drill Coordinator and Exam Writer/Administrator/Grader.
( Designed and coordinated casualty simulations for training
purposes.
( Department of Energy nuclear plant unescorted access.
Outage Refueling Outage Position Experience for Seven Refueling
Outages
( Operations Outage Manager.
( Refuel Floor Senior Reactor Operator.
( Work Control Center Administrator.
( Control Room Supervisor for shutdown, refuel and start up.
( Shutdown Shift Technical Engineer.
( Non-Operations Independent Tagout Performer and Verifier.
Education University of Wisconsin at Madison GPA: 3.30
9/95-5/98 College of Engineering
Major: Nuclear Engineering, BS received 5/98
9/94-6/95 The Ohio State University, Columbus OH
Major: Pre-Engineering
12/86-6/88 Naval Nuclear Propulsion Training, Orlando, FL and East
Windsor, CT
6/86-12/86 Franklin University, Columbus OH
References: Available on Request