Job Description:

• 1) Evaluates, coordinates, and oversees testing of nuclear reactor equipment: Analyzes test proposal to ensure that test is valid and feasible.

• 2) Identifies and resolves problems, such as incompatibilities between proposal and nuclear test-reactor system.

• 3) Coordinates technical and financial agreements involving feasibility, scope, purpose, and cost of project in nuclear test facility.

• 4) Assists engineering personnel in interpretation of test language, mathematical formulas, and computer codes used in test.

• 5) Writes operational instructions.

• 6) Inspects general condition of nuclear test-reactor vessel and related systems.

• 7) Verifies setup of nuclear test-reactor for compliance with specifications.

• 8) Observes control room instrumentation to ensure that performance factors such as neutron power level, chemical composition of coolant, and reactor temperatures and pressures are carried out as prescribed.

• 9) Evaluates and resolves operational problems.

• 10) Coordinates activities directed toward removal of test specimens from reactors and subsequent chemical, metallurgical, or mechanical analysis.

• 11) Compiles report of test results.