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Instrumentation & Controls, Test Engineer, Test Director

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West Chester, PA
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January 12, 2024

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Dale Barber

Experience Dec 2023

Nov 2015 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Delta, PA Demark, Inc Joliet, IL

Lutech Resources Houston, TX

Allied Power Baton Rouge, LA

Lead Responsible Engineer (LRE)

Responsible Engineer (RE)

Test Director

Staff Augmentation to PBAPS Design Engineering assigned the following tasks:

Continue development of Design Change Packages (DCPs) to upgrade Main Control Room recorders from obsolete Chessell to state of the art Yokogawa.

Develop DCP to upgrade Main Control Room Ventilation Radiation Monitoring System. Provide engineering support during upgrade installation.

Develop DCP to modify Shutdown Cooling Permissive instrumentation from pressure switch sensing reactor pressure at Recirc Pump suction to transmitter sensing reactor pressure at reactor steam dome, inputting to trip unit. Provide engineering support during upgrade installation.

Develop DCP to upgrade to replace obsolete Moore/Acromag equipment that measured individual Jet Pump flow signals and converted them to individual loop core flows and total core flows with Yokogawa MW100 Data Acquisition System.

Develop DCPs to upgrade obsolete electrostatic Senstar E-Field Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS) to state-of-the-art Senstar X-Field processors and wire.

Technical consultant to the Plant Process Computer Upgrade Team. Provide technical input as required. Review process computer application design documents. As Test Director developed Acceptance Test Plan (ATP), Modification Acceptance Tests (MATs) and Sight Acceptance Tests (SATs). Supervised testing performance, resolved test exceptions and specified re-retest requirements.

Experience Oct 2015

Nov 2010 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Delta, PA Demark, Inc Joliet, IL

Lead Responsible Engineer (LRE)

Responsible Engineer (RE)

Shared resource between Extended Power Uprate (EPU) Design Engineering and PBAPS Design Engineering. As LRE for EPU Design Engineering provide Engineer Of Choice (EOC) oversight to ensure technical adequacy and Exelon procedural compliance for the following Unit 2 and Unit 3 Design Change Packages:

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TSI Upgrades. Upgraded vibration monitoring equipment on Main Turbine/Generators and Reactor Feed Pumps/Turbines during Turbine Retrofit Phase.

Hood Spray Modifications. Changed Hood Spray for Main Turbine LP Rotors from modulating to On/Off control based on hood temperature. Packages also contained replacement and recalibration of instrumentation impacted by Turbine Retrofit Phase.

Main Generator Core Monitor Upgrades. Upgrade Core Monitors. Replacement core monitors have Pyrolysate sampling capabilities.

U2 Anticipated Trip Without Scram (ATWS) Modification. Moves ATWS trip signal from M/G Set Motor breaker to Reactor Recirc Pump Motor breaker to allow faster coast down of recirc pumps.

Technical Specification Setpoint Changes. Change setpoints and calibration of Tech Spec related instrumentation. Package also contains changes required for Safety Parameter Display System

(SPDS) and Plant Monitoring System (PMS) computer.

Provide engineering support during outage implementation of the EPU related design changes.

As RE with Station Design Engineering responsible for the following:

Develop Design Change Packages (DCPs) to upgrade all Main Control Room recorders.

Develop Acceptance Test Plans for each recorder change-out.

Provide engineering support during recorder replacements. Experience Oct 2010

Jul 2008 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Delta, PA Demark, Inc Joliet, IL

Lead Responsible Engineer (LRE)

Test Director

Upgrade the Rod Worth Minimizer (RWM) from software running on an antiquated PDP-11 computer to software running on RTP Corp RTP2300 hardware.

Develop Design Change Package.

Develop Requirements Traceability Matrix.

Develop Acceptance Test Plan.

Review Factory Acceptance Test created by vendor.

Develop Site Acceptance Test.

Direct Factory & Site Acceptance testing and installation of new equipment.

Review test results and specify retest requirements. Experience Jun 2008

Feb 2007 Crystal River 3 Nuclear Plant Crystal River, FL Sun Technical Services Reno, NV

IT Specialist

Assigned to Progress Energy’s Nuclear Projects & Construction (NPC), Extended Power Uprate (EPU) project. Liaison between EPU and Nuclear Information Technology. Responsible for the impact of power uprate on the Plant Process Computer System (PPCS).

Develop Design Change Package to upgrade the Core Monitoring System, including the development of Software Requirements Specifications for the interfaces between the new core monitoring, PPCS and the Leading-Edge Flowmeter (LEFM) and design of the PPCS computer points required to support the modification. The upgrade increases core thermal power from 2568 Mwt to 2609 Mwt. Page 3 of 10

Develop Requirements Traceability Matrix and test documentation for Core Monitoring System upgrade including testing of software interfaces and new/modified computer points.

Review all EPU design changes packages to ensure compliance with corporate IT standards.

Review all EPU design change packages to ensure that digital technology is incorporated to the fullest extent possible.

Assist EPU design Responsible Engineers with issues related to systems interfacing with the PPCS and Cyber Security issues. Experience Feb 2007

Oct 2006 Limerick Generating Station Limerick, PA

RCM Technologies Pennsauken, NJ

Lead Responsible Engineer (LRE)

Refueling Platform upgrades for Unit 2 and Unit 3. Upgrading control systems to digital technology.

Develop Design Change Package from PaR Nuclear and GE Nuclear design inputs.

Coordinate efforts of Exelon, PaR Nuclear, GE Nuclear and Washington Group International engineers to ensure budget and schedule compliance during design process.

Develop Functional Requirements Specification.

Develop Requirements Traceability Matrix.

Develop Acceptance Test Plan.

Develop Site Acceptance Test.

Experience Oct 2006

May 2006 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Delta, PA Aerotek Energy Services King Of Prussia, PA

IT Engineer

Test Director

Reactor Water Cleanup Up System Human Machine Interface to PLC Control System upgrades for Unit 2 and Unit 3.

Develop Functional Requirements Specification.

Develop Requirements Traceability Matrix.

Develop Acceptance Test Plan.

Review Factory Acceptance Test created by vendor.

Develop Site Acceptance Test.

Direct Factory & Site Acceptance testing and installation of new equipment.

Review test results and specify retest requirements. Experience May 2006

Mar 2006 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Delta, PA Aerotek Energy Services King Of Prussia, PA

IT Engineer

Test Director

3D Monicore (Reactor Core Monitoring System) software upgrade for Unit 2 and Unit 3.

Revised existing Design Change Packages to allow software upgrade.

Developed Site Acceptance Test documents.

Developed and planned Installation and Test Work Order Activities

Directed installation and testing of new software.

Reviewed test results and specified retest requirements. Page 4 of 10

Experience Mar 2006

Dec 2005 Limerick Generating Station Sanatoga, PA

Aerotek Energy Services King Of Prussia, PA

Test Director

3D Monicore (Reactor Core Monitoring System) software upgrade for Unit 2.

3D Monicore (Reactor Core Monitoring System) equipment and software upgrade for Unit 1.

Performed Subject Matter Expert review of Unit 1 Design Change Package.

Developed Requirements Traceability Matrix for Units 1 & 2.

Developed Site Acceptance Test documents for Units 1 & 2.

Developed and planned Installation and Test Work Order Activities

Directed Site Acceptance testing and installation of new equipment.

Reviewed test results and specified retest requirements. Experience Dec 2005

Oct 2005 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Delta, PA Aerotek Energy Services King Of Prussia, PA

IT Engineer

Test Director

Rod Worth Minimizer (RWM) upgrade from old PDP-11 system to latest GE NUMAC system for Units 2 & 3. Project put on hold in December 2005

Developed Functional Requirements Specification for the interface between the Plant Monitoring System computer and the new NUMAC RWM.

Experience Oct 2005

Mar 2005 Three Mile Island Generating Station Middletown, PA Aerotek Energy Services King Of Prussia, PA

IT Engineer

Test Director

Upgrade of the Reactor Core Monitoring System from out of date Nuclear Application Software (NAS) to state-of-the-art Fixed Incore Detector Monitoring System (FIDMS). This phase of project placed new system in service and retired the old.

Developed Design Change Package to place FIDMS in service as official Core Monitoring System.

Developed Cut-Over Verification Test Document.

Developed detailed transition and test steps for Planner of Work Order Activities.

Directed Cut-Over to the new system and subsequent verification testing.

Reviewed test results and specified retest requirements. Experience Mar 2005

Nov 2004 Salem / Hope Creek Generating Station Salem, NJ Aerotek Energy Services King Of Prussia, PA

Digital Engineer

Installation Engineer

Digital Systems Group backlog reduction.

Installation assistance for Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS) upgrade.

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Revised Critical Software Packages for Salem and Hope Creek digital systems to bring up-to-date in relation to Design Change Package implementation.

Provided detailed installation instructions for Conduit and Cable installation through Control Room Emergency Filtration (CREF) boundaries for the SPDS upgrade project.

Experience Nov 2004

Feb 2004 Oyster Creek Generating Station Forked River, NJ Aerotek Energy Services King Of Prussia, PA

Test Director

Replacement of Plant Process Computer (PPC).

Developed comprehensive Test & Transition Plan that allowed replacement of computer while plant was on-line.

Developed Site Acceptance Test documents for verification of all PPC modules that interfaced with other digital plant equipment.

Developed Cut-Over Test documents that verified operability of digital plant equipment that interfaced with PPC.

Reviewed test results and specified retest requirements. Experience Feb 2004

Mar 2003 Three Mile Island Generating Station Middletown, PA Aerotek Energy Services King Of Prussia, PA

IT Engineer

Test Director

Upgrade of the Reactor Core Monitoring System (CMS) from out of date Nuclear Application Software (NAS) to state-of-the-art Fixed Incore Detector Monitoring System (FIDMS). This phase of project installed new servers and software and placed new CMS in parallel with existing CMS.

Developed Design Change Package to install new equipment and place FIDMS in parallel operation (test environment) with NAS for Operational Comparison Test.

Developed equipment Installation Verification Test Document.

Developed detailed installation and test steps for Planner of Work Order Activities.

Developed Operational Comparison Test document.

Directed installation of new equipment and installation of parallel run software on the Plant Process Computer.

Reviewed test results and specified retest requirements. Experience Mar 2003

Oct 2002 Exelon Nuclear Fuels Kennett Square, PA

Aerotek Energy Services King Of Prussia, PA

Digital Engineer

Design Team for Exelon Nuclear Fuels project to upgrade the Nuclear Fleet Core Monitoring Systems to state-of-the-art systems.

Co-Developed Design Change Packages for Limerick 1 & 2 and Peach Bottom 2 & 3.

Developed impact document that detailed differences between old and new systems and associated impact to users.

Experience Oct 2002

May 2002 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Delta, PA Onsite Energy Services King Of Prussia, PA

IT Engineer

Test Director

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Interface Software between Plant Monitoring System (PMS) and Leading- Edge Flow Meters (LEFM) Computer for the installation of LEFM into Feed Water System to increase accuracy of Feed Water flow measurement. Part of Power Uprate Project.

Developed Software Detailed Design.

Developed Requirements Traceability Matrix for Units 2 & 3.

Developed Acceptance Test Plan.

Developed Site Acceptance Test documents for Units 2 & 3.

Developed and planned Installation and Test Work Order Activities

Directed Site Acceptance testing and installation of new Interface.

Reviewed test results and specified retest requirements. Experience May 2002

Jan 2002 Salem Generating Station, Unit 2 Salem, NJ Onsite Energy Services King Of Prussia, PA

Project Engineer

Upgrade of Moisture Separator Reheat control system from relay logic to Programmable Logic Controller (PLC).

Prepared lesson plan and performed training of Digital Systems Group personnel in PLC Fundamentals. One day class room theory and one day equipment hands-on problem solving, forcing registers, etc.

Performed Factory Acceptance Test. Modified PLC Ladder Logic programming to correct test exceptions.

Resolved installation issues.

Directed Start-Up testing and utilized Ziegler-Nichols methodology to determine ideal settings of Proportional, Integral and Derivative. Experience Dec 2001

Feb 2000 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Delta, PA Onsite Energy Services King Of Prussia, PA

WD Associates Delta, PA

IT Engineer

Test Engineer

Replacement of Plant Process Computer (PPC).

Developed Software Requirements Specification to convert Point Data Base to new system.

Developed and performed Modification Test Documents for the following modules of the new Plant Monitoring System:

Point Database Conversion

Point Database Point Type Templates

Point Processing

OD1/OD2 Calculation Software

Traversing Incore Probe (TIP) Interface

3D Monicore Interface

Reviewed test results and determined retest requirements. Experience Feb 2000

Mar 1998 Salem / Hope Creek Generating Station Salem, NJ Onsite Engineering & Management King Of Prussia, PA Digital Engineer

Y2K Project for in-plant digital equipment.

Prepared assessment packages to determine Y2K Compliance or Non-Compliance.

For equipment assessed as Compliant, prepared Test Plans to verify compliance.

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For equipment assessed as non-compliant, specified replacement equipment and initiated paper work to replace.

Experience Mar 1998

Apr 1992 Limerick Generating Station Sanatoga, PA

PECO Energy Philadelphia, PA

Plant Technical Services Hurst, PA

CANUS Incorporated Laguna Hills, CA

Consult

Test Engineer

Filled various positions for various departments as listed below.

Preventive Maintenance Coordinator.

Custodial Lead Plant Information Management System (PIMS).

Passport Implementation Team – Work Management.

I&C Maintenance Planner – On-Line and Outage.

Test Engineer for Plant Monitoring System computer replacement and SCADA upgrade.

Interface to Reliability Centered Maintenance engineers. Experience Apr 1992

Feb 1992 Salem Generating Station Salem, NJ

Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. Cherry Hill, NJ

Test Engineer

Salem 2 Main Generator Replacement Project.

Developed Installation Testing Instruction for instrumentation associated with main generator.

Developed Instrumentation Operability Verification Test documents for instrumentation associated with main generator.

Verified calibration and set point data for the generator instrumentation.

Experience Jan 1992

Feb 1989 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Delta, PA CANUS Incorporated Laguna Hills, CA

Test Engineer

Replacement of Plant Process Computer (PPC).

Developed Software Requirements Specification to convert Point Data Base to new system.

Developed and performed Modification Test Documents for the following modules of the new Plant Monitoring System:

Analog & Digital Field Inputs

Display, Log and Alarm (DLA) functions

Historical Data Storage and Retrieval (HDSR)

Balance Of Plant (BOP) calculations

Balance Of Plant Graphical Displays

TSC/EOF Graphical Displays

Post Trip Review (PTR) & Sequence Of Events (SOE)

Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS) Calculations

SPDS Graphical Displays

Experience Feb 1989

Jul 1988 Limerick Generating Station Sanatoga, PA

Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. Cherry Hill, NJ

Senior Engineering Associate

Unit 2 Operations Support Staff.

Developed Event Procedures.

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Developed Annunciator Response Procedures.

Experience Jul 1988

Jan 1988 S & W Advisory Operations Division Cherry Hill, NJ Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. Cherry Hill, NJ

Senior Engineering Associate

Stone & Webster Advisory Operations Division.

Developed Spare Parts Recommendation Packages for Central California Power Agency’s Cold Water Creek Geothermal Plant.

Revised Test Loop Diagram’s (TLD’s) and Loop Calibration Reports (LCR’s) to reflect design modifications for Tampa Electric’s Big Bend 4 Station.

Experience Jan 1988

Oct 1987 Enrico Fermi II Nuclear Station Monroe, MI Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. Cherry Hill, NJ

Senior Engineering Associate

Nuclear Engineering Department.

Developed Instrument Loop Diagrams (ILD’s) for Class I systems. Experience Jul 1987

Mar 1987 Indian Point Station, Unit 2 Fish Kill, NY NUS Operating Services Corp. Gaithersburg, MD

Field Engineer

Consultant to Plant Engineering Department’s Trip Response Team.

Analyzed plant trips.

Compiled data and formulated Trip Reports.

Recommended short- and long-term corrective actions to reduce plant trips.

Experience Dec 1986

Mar 1985 Hope Creek Generating Station Salem, NJ

Bogan Incorporated Eddystone, PA

I&C Department Deficiency Report Coordinator

I&C HVAC Startup Group Lead

I&C Startup Test Engineer

Startup of Hope Creek Generating Station

Dispositioned, tracked and closed I&C Department Deficiency Reports. Determined plant Technical Specification Operability status of each.

Supervised eight I&C Test Engineers. Review and approved Test Packages.

Performed set up and tuning of instrumentation associated with Turbine Building Chilled Water system, including four 1400 ton Carrier Centrifugal Chillers.

Experience Mar 1985

Apr 1981 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Port Gibson, MS General Electric Nuclear Plant Services Norcross, GA I&C Maintenance Engineering Supervisor

I&C Maintenance Engineer

Materials Supervisor

Supervised six I&C Maintenance Engineers, five I&C Maintenance Planners, three Electrical Maintenance Planners, six Procedure Writers and four Clerk/Typists.

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Certified ANSI Level III Inspector by General Electric.

Performed 10CFR50.59 applicability reviews and safety evaluations.

Established Spare Parts Program and supervised eight technicians during spare parts evaluations, procurement, receipt inspection and stocking.

Experience Apr 1981

Sep 1980 San Onofre Nuclear Station, Unit 2 San Onofre, CA Cataract Engineering & Construction Newtown, PA

Assistant Senior I&C Start-Up Engineer

Assistant to Southern California Edison’s Senior I&C Start-up Engineer during final stages of construction, preparing for plant start-up.

Reviewed I&C Surveillance and Calibration Procedures for Technical Specification compliance.

Verified instrument calibration data and reference leg/static head calculations.

Advised Start-Up Engineers in area of systems tuning and instrument operation.

Technical consultant to Start-UP QA relating to instrumentation issues.

Experience Sep 1980

Jun 1979 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Port Gibson, MS American Technical Services Tucker, GA

Maintenance Technical Writer

During final construction, through plant start-up and into commercial operation.

Prepared Instrumentation and Electrical Calibration and Maintenance Procedures.

Experience Jun 1979

Aug 1977 North Anna Nuclear Station Mineral, VA

Cataract Engineering & Construction Newtown, PA

Maintenance Technical Writer

I&C Start-Up Test Technician

During final construction, through plant start-up and into commercial operation of both units.

Revised Unit 1 I&C Calibration Instructions and Surveillance Procedures.

Calculated and applied head corrections for instruments with reference legs and static heads.

Performed instrument calibrations in preparation for start-up.

Performed Pre-Operational Testing and systems control fine tuning.

Experience Aug 1977

Jan 1977 Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Middletown, PA Metropolitan Edison Company Reading, PA

Shift Maintenance Foreman

Supervised a maintenance crew consisting of two Instrument Technicians, four Electrical Technicians and six Mechanical Technicians.

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Experience Jan 1977

Apr 1976 Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2 Brunswick, NC Johnson Controls Newtown, PA

I&C Start-Up Test Technician

During final construction, through plant start-up and into commercial operation.

Performed instrument calibrations in preparation for start-up.

Performed Pre-Operational Testing and systems control fine tuning.

Trained Carolina Power & Light I&C Technicians in pneumatic instrumentation.

Experience Apr 1976

Sep 1973 Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Middletown, PA Metropolitan Edison Company Reading, PA

I&C Foreman (Nuclear)

Instrument Man First Class (Nuclear)

During final construction, through plant start-up and into commercial operation.

Supervised six Instrument Technicians.

Performed instrument calibrations in preparation for start-up.

Performed Pre-Operational Testing and systems control fine tuning.

Experience Sep 1973

Jul 1965 U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Force Groton, CT USS Nautilus (SSN571)

USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN657)

Qualified Reactor Operator both submarines.

Qualified Engineering Watch Supervisor, USS Nautilus.

Reactor Controls Division Leading Petty Officer, USS Nautilus.

Letter of Commendation, Commanding Officer, USS Nautilus.

Letter of Commendation, Commander, Submarine Squadron Ten.

Letter of Appreciation, Commanding Officer, USS Francis Scott Key.

Education 1960–1964 General, Turlock High School Turlock, CA 1965 U.S. Navy Electronics “A” School Treasure Island, CA 1966 U.S. Navy Nuclear Power School Classroom Alameda, CA 1967 U.S. Navy Nuclear Power School Prototype Idaho Falls, ID 1973–1976 Various Instrument Training Courses:

Bailey 855 Computer

Victoreen Radiation Instrumentation

Foxboro Spec 200 Electronic Instrumentation

Foxboro Pneumatic Instrumentation

2021 Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Digital Engineering Interests Automobile Restoration, Computers, Carpentry, Fresh water fishing.



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