1. ADRIAN MIRON, Ph.D.
Led research, managed projects and developed guidance based on my extensive experience in nuclear and
radiological engineering and nuclear emergency planning, my knowledge and understanding of current
regulations, my skills in various computer languages and professional programs and my ability to translate into
code and interpret various nuclear, radiological and signal processing applications.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Highly-motivated, accomplished nuclear professional with expertise in several fields:
Nuclear and radiological engineering.
Radiological emergency planning.
Stochastic and deterministic process modeling.
Statistical data analysis.
Computer code development, testing and QA.
Signal processing.
Awarded 10 National grants and conducted research as sole Principal Investigator (PI) or PI for a total external
funding of over $1M. Major accomplishments include:
Managed development and implementation of national nuclear and radiological emergency plans and
technical procedures.
Contributed to development of comprehensive methodology for dose assessment following radiological
incidents.
Reviewed Safety Analysis Reports and new nuclear reactor combined license applications.
Reviewed nuclear fuel cycle codes (NFC) and developed relational database for NFC analysis.
Developed de-noising procedure and applied to generic uncertainty method.
Developed Quality Assurance documents and software engineering method, and performed software
verification and validation.
Managed several Emergency Planning projects in the nuclear industry.
Developed and taught nuclear and radiological engineering, dual level, core courses.
Developed several software packages, including two awarded software copyrights and one reported invention.
Recipient of Argonne National Laboratory Pacesetter Award for excellence in achievement and performance.
Recipient of International Atomic Energy Agency Fellowship for training in health physics, protective
measures and technical assessment of nuclear accident consequences.
Federal Emergency Management Agency evaluator of the radiological emergency preparedness program.
Knowledge and understanding of US and international regulations.
Excellent communications and multi-tasking skills.
Author and co-author of numerous technical reports, papers and QA documents.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PPL Susquehanna, LLC, Susquehanna Steam and Electric Station (SSES), Berwick, PA 2010 – present
Sr. Emergency Planning Coordinator
Emergency Preparedness (EP) Dose Assessment Program Manager.
SSES Protective Action Recommendation (PAR) Upgrade Project Manager.
WebEOC Instance At SSES (WIS) Program Manager.
EP Procedure Lead and EP Procedure Upgrade Project Manager.
EP Cyber Security Lead and Member in SSES Cyber Security Assessment Team.
EP Software QA Lead.
Developed several relational databases to improve and increase efficiency on work process changes for EP
procedures and further implementation of WIS project.
Developed and taught several training classes on WIS, EP procedure upgrade and PAR implementation.
Acted as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for WIS, PAR and Dose Assessment.
Supported other EP programs, contributed to scenario development and acted as controller and evaluator for
nuclear emergency preparedness drills and exercises.
Completed numerous training sessions in nuclear plant operations, nuclear plant systems and nuclear industry
regulation requirements.
Represented PPL Susquehanna in MIDAS User Group and WebEOC Nuclear Working Group.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2005 – 2010
Research Assistant Professor
Developed QA documents for the Global Evaluation of Nuclear Infrastructure Utilization Scenarios (GENIUS)
code developed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
Reviewed and developed relational database for domestic and international nuclear fuel cycle codes in support
of Simulation Institute for Nuclear Energy Modeling and Analysis (SINEMA) program managed at INL.
Reviewed design basis and severe accident analysis sections in Bell Bend combined licensing application to
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Federal Emergency Management Agency evaluator in 15 radiological emergency preparedness exercises.
Developed and taught 5 dual level, core courses in nuclear and radiological engineering and contributed to
development and teaching of one nuclear and radiological engineering seminar and one module on nuclear
reactor thermal-hydraulics.
Developed curriculum and training for environmental restoration / waste management.
Major academic advisor and co-advisor to 9 graduate students, served on the University of Cincinnati (UC)
Faculty Committee that awarded MS and Ph.D. degree in nuclear engineering to 5 and 3 students, respectively.
Technical judge in two sessions at American Nuclear Society National Student Conference and at UC Graduate
poster forums.
Technical reviewer for an US Environmental Protection Agency request for proposals.
Completed professional training for implementing US MARSSIM approach for design and conduct of
radiological surveys.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 2001 – 2005
Assistant Nuclear Engineer (2004-2005)
Post-doctoral Appointee (2001-2004)
Developed computer code to study dynamic behavior of a nuclear reactor – chemical plant for low temperature
hydrogen co-production.
Contributed to advanced Eddy Current inspection system for automatic detection and characterization of
defects in steam generator tubes (SGT).
Performed risk calculation verification for RESRAD-BUILD computer code.
Contributed to Safety Analysis Report revisions for Alpha-Gamma Hot Cell Facility (AGHCF) and
Radioactive Waste Storage Facility.
Contributed to development of integrated and comprehensive methodology for dose assessment and operational
guidelines calculation following a potential radiological dispersal device event.
Received ANL’s “Pacesetter Award” for excellence in achievement and performance which truly surpasses
normal job expectations.
Developed, tested, implemented and improved performance of Multivariate State Estimation Technique
(MSET), ANL’s method and software for system process monitoring, estimation, and sensor validation.
Developed and implemented virtual sensor capability in MSET. Reported invention to ANL’s Office of
Technology Transfer.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 1996 – 2001
Teaching Assistant
Implemented MSET to off-line monitoring of Davis-Besse NPS Feedwater Flow System (MS project).
Applied wavelet and filter banks theory for development of Stochastic Parameter Simulation System (SPSS)
(Ph.D. Thesis). Developed SPSS 1.0 computer program. Copyright awarded.
Trinity Engineering & Associates Inc., Cincinnati, OH 2000 – 2001
Engineer (part-time)
Contributed to assessment of dose and radionuclide guidelines in sewage sludge.
Emergency Measures Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1995 – 1996
Scientific Officer
Contributed to updating and rewriting process of Province of Ontario nuclear master plan and technical
procedures.
Evaluated emergency preparedness courses and exercises organized by Federal, Province of Ontario and local
authorities.
Civil Protection Command, Bucharest, Romania 1991 - 1995
Scientific Advisor
Developed national nuclear emergency plans and technical procedures for Kosloduy Nuclear Power Plant
(NPP) (Bulgaria), Romanian research reactors and Cernavoda NPP.
Acted as monitoring and dose assessment coordinator for Romanian nuclear emergency organization.
Conducted studies on: determining and implementing protective measures; validation of emergency planning
zones; protective action levels and intervention preparedness in case of nuclear accident.
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. and MS in Nuclear Engineering (2001 and 1998, respectively) - University of Cincinnati, College of
Engineering, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program.
MS and BA in Applied Physics (1990) - University of Bucharest, College of Physics, Nuclear Reactor
Program.
AWARDS
Argonne National Laboratory “Pacesetter” Award for excellence in achievement and performance, and
outstanding contribution to development of cleanup standards for managing the consequences of potential
terrorist incidents involving radiological dispersal devices (2004).
International Atomic Energy Agency Fellowship for training in health physics, protective measures and
technical assessment of nuclear accident consequences (1995 – 1996).
PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS
One reported invention and two software copyrights.
Over 30 technical reports and QA documents (list available upon request).
Over 20 peer-reviewed articles and papers (list available upon request).
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English, Romanian and French.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Computer Environments: MS DOS, Windows, UNIX.
Programming Languages: html, JavaScript, MATLAB, C, C++, FORTRAN 90, LABVIEW,
MATHEMATICA, SAS for Windows.
Professional Programs: MIDAS, WebEOC, RASCAL, RADTRAD, WinMACCS, RESRAD Family of
Codes, TurboFRMAC, ORIGEN-RA, GENII, MCNP, SCALE / KENO.
MS Office: Access, Excel, Power Point, Word.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Nuclear Society.
Health Physics Society.
American Society for Engineering Education.
MIDAS User Group.
WebEOC Nuclear Working Group.