Andrei Patriche, NPP Operation Engineer, Radioactive Waste Management

Andrei Patriche

NPP Operation Engineer, Radioactive Waste Management

Societatea Natioanala Nucleara, CNE Cernavoda

Location
Romania
Education
Bachelor's degree, Industrial Chemistry / Biochemical Engineering
Experience
13 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 9 Months

NPP Operation Engineer, Radioactive Waste Management at Societatea Natioanala Nucleara, CNE Cernavoda
  • Romania
  • January 2002 to October 2013

Dates January, 2002 - Present
Occupation or position held NPP Operation Engineer, Radioactive Waste Management
Main activities and responsibilities
- Planning and coordinating all check and test required to verify that operational systems
meets design requirements during and after commissioning from both QA/QC tracking and operational point of view
- Prepare and asses Work Plans and Engineering Work Packages from the radiological
safety point of view
- Radiation Work Permits assessment
- Equipment / system failure root cause analysis and investigation
- Radiation protection assistant as required
- In field daily / work surveys in both normal operation and planned / unplanned outages
- 2nd and 3rd Radiological Area waste monitoring for unconditional release
- Alpha, gross alpha / beta, gamma and LSC spectrometric systems calibration and use
- Internal, focused and second party audits as required
- Placing orders for supplies and services and QA/QC tracking
- Operational skills design and preparation of training materials; internally authorized
trainer and CNCAN approved examiner for plant personnel practical skills evaluation
- Design and implementation of working procedures according to ISO 9001 standard
- Cooperation with regulatory authorities for radioactive waste management (e.g. waste
handling, treatment, characterization and special decontaminations)
- Elaboration of reports for Environmental Agencies from the radioactive waste
management point of view (radioactive waste volumes, restricted metals under
REACH / biocides / ozone layer destruction substances / drug precursors reporting)
- Emergency readiness preparation (on / off - site radiological monitoring)

Chemical Station Command Room Operator at Electrocentrale Galati
  • Romania
  • April 2001 to January 2002

Occupation or position held Chemical Station Command Room Operator
Main activities and responsibilities
- Demineralized and soft water flow control and operation
- Pumping stations operation control
- Neutralisation and neutralized water release control
- Soft and demineralized water reservoir level control

Mechanical filters and reservoirs operator at Electrocentrale Galati
  • Romania
  • February 2000 to April 2001

Occupation or position held Mechanical filters and reservoirs operator
Main activities and responsibilities
- Reservoir level control
- Regeneration reagents reservoir operation
- Soft and demineralized water reservoir level control

Education

Bachelor's degree, Industrial Chemistry / Biochemical Engineering
  • at Gheorghe Asachi
  • January 1999

Dates 1993 - 1999 Title of qualification awarded Chemical Engineer Diploma Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Industrial Chemistry / Biochemical Engineering Name and type of organisation providing education and training "Gheorghe Asachi" Polytechnic University, Industrial Chemistry Faculty, Iasi, Romania

Specialties & Skills

Radiation Safety
Radioactive Waste Management
CALIBRATION
ENGINEER
NUCLEAR POWER
RADIOACTIVE
RADIOLOGICAL
TRAINING
WASTE MANAGEMENT

Languages

English
Expert
French
Intermediate
Romanian
Expert