Engineer System

Aaron Joseph Palmer

*** ********* ****

Dothan, AL 36301

Phone: 615-***-**** (C)

Email: *******@*****.***

Objective: Use my Electrical Engineering degree and nuclear industry

background to further my career.

Professional Experience

6/06 - Present Electrical and I&C System's Engineer

Southern Nuclear Company (System's Engineer)

. Performed proactive engineering to ensure the reliability of Rod

Control System, Nuclear Instrumentation System, Main Control Board

Annunciators, Main Generator System, Isophase Bus Duct System, and

Radiation Monitors

. Champion Predictive and Preventative Maintenance Strategies to

improve and maintain system health

. Qualified on system engineering core duties such as: System Health

Reporting, Material Condition Walkdowns, System Walkdowns,

Maintenance Rule Availability and Failure Determinations, System

Trending and Monitoring, and Failure Cause Analysis

. Developed and implemented System Long Range Plans to replace all

logic cabinet and power cabinet circuit cards in the Rod Control

System as well as several other enhancements, to replace every

nuclear instrumentation drawer due to age, and to replace all

degraded Radiation Monitors

. Improved system health by using system health reports and walk

downs to gain alignment with management and work implementers

concerning budget and work scheduling

. Eliminated Single Point Vulnerabilities in the Rod Control System

. Used troubleshooting to determine cause of system failures and

initiated corrective actions

o Main Control Board Spurious Alarms

o Radiation Monitor Failures

o Hydrogen Leaks

o Elevated Hydrogen Dewpoint

o Rod Control Failures

. Performed operating experience review to eliminate vulnerabilities

with similar station equipment

. Supported outage replacements of major system components including

HP Turbine, Generator Rotor, LP Turbine Rotor, Hydrogen Dryers,

Nuclear Instrumentation Drawers

5/04 - 8/05 Reactor (Rx) Engineering Summer Intern

Southern Nuclear (INROADS Summer Intern)

. Validated and verified reactor engineering calculations and

spreadsheets

. Performed Spent Fuel Pool inventory for special nuclear materials

. Operated underwater cameras and other equipment used during fuel

movements, core mapping and pool verifications.

. Worked with core modeling software, BEACON

. Retrieved information for NRC audits and INPO inspections

5/01-8/02 Summer Intern

Verizon Wireless (INROADS Summer Intern)

. Worked with RF Design Engineers to better understand the radiation

and other types of frequencies used in antenna for mobile phones

. Assisted with Antenna projects to improve the reception and

coverage area for cell phone usage

. Checked antennas to make sure they were in regulation according to

all laws

Technical Skills & Qualifications

Software & Operating Systems:

. Microsoft Office Suite, C++ Programming, Pspice, Matlab, AutoCAD

Windows 95, 2000, XP, Vista, 2007

Nuclear Qualifications:

. Westinghouse Rod Control Certification, Applicability

Determinations and 50.59 Screenings, Apparent Cause Determinations,

Maximo, Ventyx Preventative Maintenance Optimization, IKS Software,

Technical Mentoring, Safety Observer, Atmospheric Sampling

Education Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL

Major: Electrical Engineering Graduation

Date: May 2006

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