senior licensing specialist

• Apr 2018 - Present

Scientific Officer-F / G

• Jan 2008 - Jul 2017

• Safety Review of the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report & Final Safety Analysis Report . • Design & Safety review of new reactor designs • Safety Review of Commissioning procedures and overseeing the Commissioning activities at site to ensure compliance with the AERB stipulations • Safety review of different submissions on regular basis and specific incidents related to Reactor core/ Reactivity from different nuclear power plants .• Regulatory inspection of operating nuclear power plants.• Preparation of Regulatory and management documents of AERB • International relations including the bilateral arrangements with other nuclear regulatory organizations; arranging bilateral meetings and workshops with other regulatory organizations. • Prepared the documents with relevant details for membership of AERB in Multi-National Design Evaluation Program (MDEP) of Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)• Involved in the preparedness of AERB to invite the Integrated Regulatory Review Service(IRRS) mission of IAEA. • Joined as a member in the IAEA team for IRRS Mission • Designing training modules & imparting training to the staff.

Scientific Officer-C /D /E / F

• May 1990 - Jul 2007

As a Reactor Physicist I was responsible for :• Preparing plans and commissioning procedures for Reactor criticality and Reactor Physics experiments.• Preparing the required reports & presentations for plant incidents to Regulatory Body (AERB) from the station to maintain Operating Licenses & Permits.• Developing License & Compliance documents for submission to AERB & ensured that Plant License & Permits are maintained at all times.• Conducted First approach to criticality & Phase-B commissioning experiments • Training of fresh recruits in operational reactor physics aspects• Coordinated with the WANO peer review.

Graduate Trainee

• Oct 1988 - May 1990

 Training at NPCIL for Reactor physics at Madras Atomic Power Station, Kalpakkam, India