BRADLEY F. LANKA
202 Barefoot Court Work Phone: (630) 657-2101
Minooka, Il 60447 Cell Phone: (815) 278-2912
Bradley.Lanka@exeloncorp.com
CAREER
OBJECTIVE To lead a nuclear power facility or new generation construction project as a Director of
Maintenance, Engineering, Nuclear Oversight, Reactor Services, Work Control or a CFAM
to measurable improved performance by utilizing the management and interpersonal skills and
knowledge developed over my 35 years in the nuclear industry. I would utilize my domestic
and international nuclear power plant operation, engineering, and INPO experience gained
serving as a long-time Manager overseeing the maintenance, outage management, and design
and plant engineering fields at two of the U.S. nuclear industries’ flagship nuclear power
generating stations, INPO, and a leading Architect Engineering company to achieve this goal.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY
January 2012 to EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING
Present TECHNICAL SERVICES – EXELON NUCLEAR PARTNERS:
Responsible for performing domestic and international business development and project
execution in areas of performance improvement, engineering, and technical services including
client interactions, proposal development, client presentation meetings, cost modeling,
assessments for project scope, contract negotiations, project execution, staffing, project
management and support through project closeout. Responsible for marketing the Exelon
Nuclear Management Model for worldwide nuclear plant performance improvement as a
subject matter expert on Exelon’s Nuclear Management Model. Projects included the award
and execution Project Manager of Fort Calhoun Recovery project and Operating Services
Agreement, TEPCO Stabilization Center Assessment, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
(KHNP) Company APR1400 Design Certification Human Factors Review project, KHNP
SAT based Maintenance and Technical Training Assessment for Barakah NPS (UAE).
Proposal development for UAE engineering training program, KHNP Engineering training
and technical exchange, Czech Republic new build, and technical review and input for Poland
new build project.
May 2011 to EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAPAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND FUKUSHIMA
December 2011 INPO INDUSTRY SUPPORT TEAM MEMBER – TOKYO JAPAN:
Responsible for providing engineering, maintenance, and technical support recommendations
to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) for the recovery of the Fukushima Daiichi
damaged nuclear units. Activities included providing recommendations for how to provide
water into the reactor vessel, development of recovery technical specifications, knowledge
transfer on SAMG guidelines and development of related actions for TEPCO, identification
of maintenance methods to work within high radiation fields, water control methodologies,
and freeze protection requirements.
September 2010 SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MANAGER – BRAIDWOOD STATION:
to May 2011 Responsible for managing and implementing a turnaround of the system engineering functions
at Braidwood NPS directly after experiencing several reactor scrams and a dual unit plant
trip. This effort included completing the documentation of a site deep dive after the previous
events to identify areas for improvement prior to an upcoming WANO evaluation. The
improvement focus for system engineering was on backlog reduction, equipment reliability,
quality of engineering products including CAP apparent cause analyses, system health reports,
proactive field activities to support operations and maintenance. Served as the outage
terminator team leader for two outages.
MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION
May 2010 to MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR - MCGUIRE STATION (MNS):
September 2010 Manage, monitor, and provide leadership direction for Maintenance organization of 154
individuals to ensure work activities for all internal and supplemental personnel in the
execution of online corrective and preventative maintenance and modification activities were
performed safely, efficiently, and with quality. Responsible to ensure productive fully
qualified workforce to support departmental, site, and corporate goals. Monitor and maintain
department resources and expenditure for all maintenance work, including refueling outages,
within approved budgets.
May 2008 to MAINTENANCE PROCESS MANAGER - MCGUIRE STATION:
May 2010 Manage Maintenance section outage coordinators, online schedule coordinators, training
liaison, FME coordinator, and human performance coordinator. Responsibilities include
improvement of Maintenance programs, processes, interfacing with operations and work
control, developing and tracking department performance measures. Special projects
included developing and providing Integrated Performance Assessment training for
maintenance department, site implementation lead for NRC 10CFR26 Subpart 1 Fatigue Rule,
led technical training programs comprehensive self-assessment, common cause analysis for
use of unqualified workers, Project Management Organization Initiative, and development of
preoutage work tracking process.
May 2006 to WORK EXECUTION & REACTOR SERVICES MAINTENANCE MANAGER - MNS:
May 2008 Manage the Reactor Head, Fuel Handling, Dry Cask Storage, Work-It-Now, and
Maintenance Shift teams of 54 technicians and technical support staff. The assignment
included successfully changing the human performance culture of the Reactor Head and Fuel
Handling teams by eliminating fuel movement human errors through improved worker
practices, processes, and institutionalized self-checking. Responsible for the loading of 15
NUMAC Dry Casks and improvement efforts to optimize worker performance, process
performance, equipment performance and loading sequence.
May 2004 to OUTAGE IMPROVEMENT MANAGER - MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION:
May 2006 Responsible for identifying and implementing processes and changes to improve outage
performance at McGuire. Leader for site Outage Improvement Team that developed and
maintained the top 10 outage improvement item list that included modifications, equipment
changes, process, and procedural changes to improve outage performance. Responsible for
design and implementation of an Outage Control Center including development of an OCC
Guideline defining roles and responsibilities, Look Ahead readiness review process, meeting
times, and outage policies.
May 2001 to ROTATING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGER - MCGUIRE STATION:
May 2004 Managed Pump, HVAC, Diesel Generator, Crane, and Predictive Maintenance teams of 57
technicians and technical support staff. The assignment included successfully changing the
human performance culture of the Rotating Equipment teams to reduce human errors and
improve worker practices. Special projects included development of Maintenance Craft
Ownership program that focused on improving plant material condition, Maintenance
procedures, and preventative maintenance task optimization.
May 1999 to CIVIL ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR - MCGUIRE STATION:
May 2001 Managed ten engineers in the areas of civil structures, flow accelerated corrosion, fire
protection, cyclic fatigue management, temporary shielding, pipe supports/restraints, piping
analysis, and various civil components. This included civil support of plant operations for
operations and maintenance, civil modifications, equipment reliability, corrective actions,
outage support, component and structure reliability, and the fire protection program. The
assignment included successfully changing the culture of the team from a fire fighting team to
planned work team that completed documentation for a 3 year backlog of open calculations,
temporary shielding requests, and stress reports, reduced the corrective action backlog, and
improved systematic approach to troubleshooting.
INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS
April 1998 to ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGER - INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS:
April 1999 Performed 134 plant trips in areas of plant evaluations, WANO peer reviews, Accreditation
Visits, Outage Review Visits, Corporate Evaluations, and assistance visits. Assisted in
management of 15 to 23 evaluators and peers in performance of plant evaluations and WANO
review visits in areas of organizational effectiveness, human performance, corrective action
programs, self-evaluation, and operating experience. Special projects included INPO lead for
corrective action programs and high-energy core SOER review visits.
August 1994 - SENIOR EVALUATOR - INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS:
April 1998 Qualified team leader responsible for managing teams of six to eight evaluators in the
performance of work management assist visits. Performed plant evaluations, WANO review
visits, outage review visits, and assistance visits of station maintenance and engineering
programs including work control, planning, scheduling, preventive maintenance, outage
management, equipment performance and material condition, system and design engineering
performance monitoring, reactor engineering, modifications, and surveillance testing. Special
projects included driving industry to zero fuel defects, reducing reactivity management events,
and identification of reactor engineering problems.
May 1993 - ASSISTANT TECHNICAL STAFF SUPERVISOR - ZION STATION:
July 1994 Reverse Loaned Employee to Commonwealth Edison Company's Zion Station to assist the
technical support supervisor in identifying and implementing changes to improve performance
of the system engineering and engineering programs organization. This included management
and outage duties for a staff of approximately 60 engineers to improve overall department
performance in supporting the operation and maintenance of the Zion Station. Developed
ZION Engineering specific training program modules and the ZION System Engineer
Handbook.
May 1988 - EVALUATOR - INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS:
April 1993 Performed plant evaluations, corporate evaluations, outage review visits, and assistance visits
of station system and design engineering programs including performance monitoring, reactor
engineering, modifications, and surveillance testing. Implemented improvements to industry
fuel reliability indicator and functioned as INPO lead for fuels and reactor engineering.
SARGENT & LUNDY ENGINEERS
May 1978 - ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR - SARGENT & LUNDY ENGINEERS:
April 1988 Field task group and project leader responsible for reconciling plant change documents,
piping design calculations, and resolution of system start-up problems. Managed and
performed system piping design, analysis, and problem resolution including pipe stress
analysis, class 1 fatigue analysis, steady state and transient vibration analysis, and
instrumentation and controls design projects. Developed client presentations, proposals,
engineering training classes, training manuals, temporary lead shielding program, and 79-14
documentation process.
EDUCATION Marquette University BSME 1980
Professional Engineer, State of Michigan – Active since 1988
General Electric Qualified Station Nuclear Engineer 1989
BWR SRO Certification, Limerick Generating Station 1991
PWR SRO Certification, McGuire Nuclear Station 2004
MEMBERSHIPS National Society of Professional Engineers

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    BRADLEY F. LANKA 202Barefoot Court Work Phone: (630) 657-2101 Minooka, Il 60447 Cell Phone: (815) 278-2912 Bradley.Lanka@exeloncorp.com CAREER OBJECTIVE To lead a nuclear power facility or new generation construction project as a Director of Maintenance, Engineering, Nuclear Oversight, Reactor Services, Work Control or a CFAM to measurable improved performance by utilizing the management and interpersonal skills and knowledge developed over my 35 years in the nuclear industry. I would utilize my domestic and international nuclear power plant operation, engineering, and INPO experience gained serving as a long-time Manager overseeing the maintenance, outage management, and design and plant engineering fields at two of the U.S. nuclear industries’ flagship nuclear power generating stations, INPO, and a leading Architect Engineering company to achieve this goal. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE EXELON GENERATION COMPANY January 2012 to EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING Present TECHNICAL SERVICES – EXELON NUCLEAR PARTNERS: Responsible for performing domestic and international business development and project execution in areas of performance improvement, engineering, and technical services including client interactions, proposal development, client presentation meetings, cost modeling, assessments for project scope, contract negotiations, project execution, staffing, project management and support through project closeout. Responsible for marketing the Exelon Nuclear Management Model for worldwide nuclear plant performance improvement as a subject matter expert on Exelon’s Nuclear Management Model. Projects included the award and execution Project Manager of Fort Calhoun Recovery project and Operating Services Agreement, TEPCO Stabilization Center Assessment, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) Company APR1400 Design Certification Human Factors Review project, KHNP SAT based Maintenance and Technical Training Assessment for Barakah NPS (UAE). Proposal development for UAE engineering training program, KHNP Engineering training and technical exchange, Czech Republic new build, and technical review and input for Poland new build project. May 2011 to EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAPAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND FUKUSHIMA December 2011 INPO INDUSTRY SUPPORT TEAM MEMBER – TOKYO JAPAN: Responsible for providing engineering, maintenance, and technical support recommendations to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) for the recovery of the Fukushima Daiichi damaged nuclear units. Activities included providing recommendations for how to provide water into the reactor vessel, development of recovery technical specifications, knowledge transfer on SAMG guidelines and development of related actions for TEPCO, identification of maintenance methods to work within high radiation fields, water control methodologies, and freeze protection requirements. September 2010 SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MANAGER – BRAIDWOOD STATION: to May 2011 Responsible for managing and implementing a turnaround of the system engineering functions at Braidwood NPS directly after experiencing several reactor scrams and a dual unit plant trip. This effort included completing the documentation of a site deep dive after the previous
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    events to identifyareas for improvement prior to an upcoming WANO evaluation. The improvement focus for system engineering was on backlog reduction, equipment reliability, quality of engineering products including CAP apparent cause analyses, system health reports, proactive field activities to support operations and maintenance. Served as the outage terminator team leader for two outages. MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION May 2010 to MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR - MCGUIRE STATION (MNS): September 2010 Manage, monitor, and provide leadership direction for Maintenance organization of 154 individuals to ensure work activities for all internal and supplemental personnel in the execution of online corrective and preventative maintenance and modification activities were performed safely, efficiently, and with quality. Responsible to ensure productive fully qualified workforce to support departmental, site, and corporate goals. Monitor and maintain department resources and expenditure for all maintenance work, including refueling outages, within approved budgets. May 2008 to MAINTENANCE PROCESS MANAGER - MCGUIRE STATION: May 2010 Manage Maintenance section outage coordinators, online schedule coordinators, training liaison, FME coordinator, and human performance coordinator. Responsibilities include improvement of Maintenance programs, processes, interfacing with operations and work control, developing and tracking department performance measures. Special projects included developing and providing Integrated Performance Assessment training for maintenance department, site implementation lead for NRC 10CFR26 Subpart 1 Fatigue Rule, led technical training programs comprehensive self-assessment, common cause analysis for use of unqualified workers, Project Management Organization Initiative, and development of preoutage work tracking process. May 2006 to WORK EXECUTION & REACTOR SERVICES MAINTENANCE MANAGER - MNS: May 2008 Manage the Reactor Head, Fuel Handling, Dry Cask Storage, Work-It-Now, and Maintenance Shift teams of 54 technicians and technical support staff. The assignment included successfully changing the human performance culture of the Reactor Head and Fuel Handling teams by eliminating fuel movement human errors through improved worker practices, processes, and institutionalized self-checking. Responsible for the loading of 15 NUMAC Dry Casks and improvement efforts to optimize worker performance, process performance, equipment performance and loading sequence. May 2004 to OUTAGE IMPROVEMENT MANAGER - MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION: May 2006 Responsible for identifying and implementing processes and changes to improve outage performance at McGuire. Leader for site Outage Improvement Team that developed and maintained the top 10 outage improvement item list that included modifications, equipment changes, process, and procedural changes to improve outage performance. Responsible for design and implementation of an Outage Control Center including development of an OCC Guideline defining roles and responsibilities, Look Ahead readiness review process, meeting times, and outage policies. May 2001 to ROTATING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGER - MCGUIRE STATION: May 2004 Managed Pump, HVAC, Diesel Generator, Crane, and Predictive Maintenance teams of 57 technicians and technical support staff. The assignment included successfully changing the human performance culture of the Rotating Equipment teams to reduce human errors and improve worker practices. Special projects included development of Maintenance Craft
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    Ownership program thatfocused on improving plant material condition, Maintenance procedures, and preventative maintenance task optimization. May 1999 to CIVIL ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR - MCGUIRE STATION: May 2001 Managed ten engineers in the areas of civil structures, flow accelerated corrosion, fire protection, cyclic fatigue management, temporary shielding, pipe supports/restraints, piping analysis, and various civil components. This included civil support of plant operations for operations and maintenance, civil modifications, equipment reliability, corrective actions, outage support, component and structure reliability, and the fire protection program. The assignment included successfully changing the culture of the team from a fire fighting team to planned work team that completed documentation for a 3 year backlog of open calculations, temporary shielding requests, and stress reports, reduced the corrective action backlog, and improved systematic approach to troubleshooting. INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS April 1998 to ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGER - INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS: April 1999 Performed 134 plant trips in areas of plant evaluations, WANO peer reviews, Accreditation Visits, Outage Review Visits, Corporate Evaluations, and assistance visits. Assisted in management of 15 to 23 evaluators and peers in performance of plant evaluations and WANO review visits in areas of organizational effectiveness, human performance, corrective action programs, self-evaluation, and operating experience. Special projects included INPO lead for corrective action programs and high-energy core SOER review visits. August 1994 - SENIOR EVALUATOR - INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS: April 1998 Qualified team leader responsible for managing teams of six to eight evaluators in the performance of work management assist visits. Performed plant evaluations, WANO review visits, outage review visits, and assistance visits of station maintenance and engineering programs including work control, planning, scheduling, preventive maintenance, outage management, equipment performance and material condition, system and design engineering performance monitoring, reactor engineering, modifications, and surveillance testing. Special projects included driving industry to zero fuel defects, reducing reactivity management events, and identification of reactor engineering problems. May 1993 - ASSISTANT TECHNICAL STAFF SUPERVISOR - ZION STATION: July 1994 Reverse Loaned Employee to Commonwealth Edison Company's Zion Station to assist the technical support supervisor in identifying and implementing changes to improve performance of the system engineering and engineering programs organization. This included management and outage duties for a staff of approximately 60 engineers to improve overall department performance in supporting the operation and maintenance of the Zion Station. Developed ZION Engineering specific training program modules and the ZION System Engineer Handbook. May 1988 - EVALUATOR - INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS: April 1993 Performed plant evaluations, corporate evaluations, outage review visits, and assistance visits of station system and design engineering programs including performance monitoring, reactor engineering, modifications, and surveillance testing. Implemented improvements to industry fuel reliability indicator and functioned as INPO lead for fuels and reactor engineering. SARGENT & LUNDY ENGINEERS
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    May 1978 -ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR - SARGENT & LUNDY ENGINEERS: April 1988 Field task group and project leader responsible for reconciling plant change documents, piping design calculations, and resolution of system start-up problems. Managed and performed system piping design, analysis, and problem resolution including pipe stress analysis, class 1 fatigue analysis, steady state and transient vibration analysis, and instrumentation and controls design projects. Developed client presentations, proposals, engineering training classes, training manuals, temporary lead shielding program, and 79-14 documentation process. EDUCATION Marquette University BSME 1980 Professional Engineer, State of Michigan – Active since 1988 General Electric Qualified Station Nuclear Engineer 1989 BWR SRO Certification, Limerick Generating Station 1991 PWR SRO Certification, McGuire Nuclear Station 2004 MEMBERSHIPS National Society of Professional Engineers