Experience

Magnox Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Health Physicist

  • Jul 2013 - Present

  RSRL are now part of Magnox Ltd • Provision of advice and guidance to all personnel within area of responsibility as defined by the Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) to ensure observance with the requirements of the regulations contained within the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (IRR99) and compliance with relevant documentation contained in the Magnox management system in support of programme delivery. • Provision of advice and guidance of radiological protection matters to Facility Managers, Operations Managers and Project Managers as delegated by the RPA. • Ensure Company strategies, policies and management systems on radiation protection are effectively communicated and understood. • Establish clear communication with employees and contractors on the need for compliance with statutory, regulatory and Company requirements. • Promote and critically evaluate standards of radiation protection within area of responsibility. • Support Company arrangements for emergency response on-site and where appropriate off-site. • Support, so far is reasonably practicable, health physics on-call arrangements. • Provide technical support to corporate activities including but not limited to; Acceptance Review, PRS, RLI, Audit, HAZOP, ALARP, BAT/BPM, as directed. • Leasing with operational personnel and on-site waste advisors to sentence radioactive waste and out of scope waste to appropriate waste streams. Show less



AWE

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trainee Health Physicist

  • Mar 2011 - Jul 2013

  Duties include: • Work towards successful completion of the AWE Trainee Health Physicist scheme to achieve accreditation as a health physicist at AWE. • Completion of 10 training modules to provide a general understanding of health physics standards and policies. • To work in different operational health physics areas across the AWE site(s) to obtain the necessary skills and experience to support the completion of the training modules. • Working in operational health physics areas, complete tasks set by the RPA or health physicist to an acceptable standard. • To maintain up-to-date performance and development plans throughout the training period. • To understand and apply personal responsibilities with regard to the Company’s Environment, Health, Safety, Security and Quality Standards. • Under the Company strategy of “Target Zero” create and maintain a culture of zero accidents / incidents relating to matters of health, safety, security and the environment. • To demonstrate through placements in the operational health physics areas and at review interviews a general understanding of the Company strategies, policies and management systems on radiation protection. • To manage time for completion of the Part 1 core modules and Part 2 operational health physics area placements. • To compile a portfolio of evidence from each of the Part 1 core competence modules and the Part 2 operational health physics area placements. • To attend external training courses as detailed in the scheme manual. • Under the supervision of an RPA or health physicist, support other health physics practitioners i.e. health physics supervisors and health physics surveyors to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (IRR99) and License Condition 18 (LC18) of the Nuclear Site License. • Working under the supervision of a RPA or health physicist providing advice and guidance on radiological protection matters to the Facility Manager (FM). Show less



RadSafe Canada Limited

• Ontario, Canada

• Health Physics Surveyor

  • Apr 2009 - 2010

  • Group 1 training compliant for working on the Chalk River site, Inc modular examinations. • Working as part of the RP team during excavation and building of new storage areas and dealing with legacy waste issues and supervising work force. • Fully versed in the contamination and radiation instrumentation and measurement units used at the site for alpha and beta contamination and gamma radiation. • Cover work for decommissioning of buildings in and around the original Candu test reactor. • Supervision of personnel undertaking drilling of concrete storage container containing a legacy bent fuel rod and unknown nuclides. Show less



NUVIA

• France
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Health Physics Surveyor

  • 2004 - 2008

  • Working in areas with high levels of Alpha and Beta contamination, where the use of Air fed suits is mandatory.• Use of monitoring equipment • Working as part of the RP team to minimise Radioactive or contamination exposure in the work place for visitors and work force.• Decommissioning of experimental labs, pipe work and equipment Alpha and Beta contaminated.• End Point Surveys of buildings to background levels for demolition.• Routine surveys of controlled and supervised areas for alpha, beta contamination and beta-gamma, gamma rays and neutrons radiation..• Environmental sampling.• Cover work operations varying from recovery to transfer of radioactive waste cans for reprocessing to cleaning of operational machines used in the removal of waste cans from storage holes for reprocessing.• Working in areas with high radon problems.• Changing of routine air samples on a daily basis as well as stack samples.• Logging/leak testing of radioactive sources used for instrumental calibrations.• Function checking of all instrumentation monitoring equipment daily.• Completing monitoring procedures and instructions for dealing with contaminated personnel.• Monitoring of equipment used for work in controlled areas as and when used or removed from an active area.• Working with decommissioning personnel and advising on the radiological protection aspects as to removal of Alpha or Beta contamination risks and limiting any dose exposures.• Working as part of the emergency team during site emergency exercises and training.• Use of various types of instrumentation from contamination probes to dose rate meters.• Issuing of both passive and active dosimetry.• Confined space entries into C4 areas in various locations including undersides of reprocessing cells. Show less

• Health Physics Surveyor

  • 2004 - 2008