Radiation Safety Environmental Health

ALAN E. WATTS

PO Box *** Cell: 740-***-****

Athens, Ohio 45701 ********@*****.*** Home: 740-***-**** PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Seasoned and accomplished Administrator and Technical Writer skilled in

● Risk Assessment ● Strategic Planning ● Program & Project Management

● Administration ● Workman’s Comp ● Hazardous / Radioactive Materials

● Decontamination ● Regulatory Inspections ● Security Alarm Systems

● Regulations ● Laboratory Audits ● Environmental Health & Safety

● Training / Teaching ● Regulatory Agencies Liaison ● Emergency Response

● Health Physics ● Departmental Reviews ● Compliance Strong operations professional with over thirty years of experience, including 1) Zero violations out of 40 federal and state regulatory inspections 2) Outstanding customer service

3) Strong, confident, detailed, problem solving creative leader PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BHI Energy, Incorporated September 2020 to August 2022 Radiation Protection Engineering, Environmental Safety Health & Quality Department Principal Engineer / Subject Matter Expert June 2021 August 2022 -

• Promoted to PE / SME to review and sign all written technical based documents Senior Radiological Engineer September 2020 to August 2022 -

• Perform risk analysis on various decontamination and decommissioning projects for the US Department of Energy at a federally secured (“L” security clearance) uranium enrichment plant. Research and determine what compliance driven controls are to be written into plans and procedures for projects handling radioactive material to enforce radiation dose limiting safety measures and environmental protection Ohio University, Athens, Ohio February 1997 to August 2020 Laboratory & Radiation Safety, Environmental Health & Safety departments Director of Laboratory & Radiation Safety March 2015 to August 2020 -

● Manage, direct, and advise Laboratory & Radiation Safety staff operations including budget control, evaluations, professional development, deadline completion, security alarms control and emergency response including Local Law Enforcement response

● Strategic planning

Radiation Safety Officer / Health Physicist February 1997 to August 2020 -

● Manage and direct the Radiation Safety Program

● Administrate NRC/State radioactive material broad scope license and regulations, State NARM, NORM & Radiation-Generating Equipment licenses and regulations as well as university radiation safety policies and procedures

● Ensure Homeland Security sites compliance and security alarm response follow-up

● Laser Safety, non-ionizing radiation, pregnancy training, oversight, and implementation; specialist for all radiation areas

● Teach Radiation Safety courses and audit user labs monthly

● Review all licensees’ authorizations, license amendments, etc.

● Liaison with multiple state and federal regulatory agencies

● Respond to and support Biological Safety/Chemical Safety operations/emergencies Interim Director of Safety August 2018 to April 2019 -

● Manage, direct, and advise Environmental Health & Safety and Laboratory & Radiation Safety staff operations, including budget control, evaluations, and deadline completion

● Continue as Radiation Safety Officer

● Oversee: Laboratory Safety / Biological and Chemical Safety, OSHA / Workman’s Comp, Hazardous Materials/Environmental Engineering, Vector Control/Food Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Fire Safety, and Ergonomics

College of Health Sciences and Professions - Health Sciences Department Adjunct Professor January 2001 to August 2020 -

● Teach Introduction to Radiological Health course

● Guest speak for various Health Sciences courses, in addition to Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Physics departments

University of Missouri – Columbia September 1991 to February 1997 Environmental Health and Safety Department

Health Physicist / Environmental Health Technician

● Inspect all authorized user labs as to compliance with NRC and University regulations and policies; oversee four technicians

● Perform biweekly training in Radiation Safety campus wide

● Respond to decontamination emergencies

● Calibrate instrumentation

● Monitor radioisotope thyroid uptakes and patient therapies

● Receive/deliver radioactive materials to university end users

● Pick up, store, and dispose of hazardous and radioactive material as regulated by NRC/DOT/EPA and local agencies

● Process dosimetry film badges and TLDs

● Manage RCRA/CERCLA, infectious, mixed, and hazardous wastes ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

* HAZWOPER - Hazardous Waste Operations & Management

* State of Texas Attorney General’s Office – Eminent Domain & Court Evidence prep

* Wastewater Sample/Test/Analysis, Environmental Soils Core/Test/Analysis

* Construction materials sampling & testing; Inspect both plant and construction sites

* Contract Programming - Independently ran nationwide company branch, Houston Office

* BioSafety Laboratory III (BSL III) testing

* Several function specific Certifications

* CPR and First Aid

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Nuclear Engineering - Health Physics, University of Missouri – Columbia Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Biology, University of Missouri – Columbia SPECIAL TRAINING

• Various Radiation Safety certification programs

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