Nuclear Ventilation 2021

Charles Waggoner: Director (retired), Mississippi State University Institute for Clean Energy Technology

Dr. Waggoner has been part of the ICET laboratory for the past 23 years and led the organization for the past 16 years. Charles Waggoner is the Director of Mississippi State University's Institute for Clean Energy Technology and on the graduate faculty of the Mechanical Engineering and Physics departments. ICET has become recognized as the leading facility for evaluating the performance envelope of nuclear grade HEPA filters under normal and design basis conditions. ICET has been approved by DOE-EM and Bechtel International to provide ASME NQA-1 quality assured data.

Jaime Rickert: Interim Director, Mississippi State University Institute for Clean Energy Technology

Jaime Rickert is the Interim Director for the Institute for Clean Energy Technology at Mississippi State University. She plans, directs, and oversees the regulatory and contractual requirements of research activities and serves as the technical liaison between ICET and federal and industry sponsors and collaborators. Mrs. Rickert was responsible for the development and implementation of the Nuclear Quality Assurance Program. Mrs. Rickert holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Technology.

David Sweeney: Engineer, AWE

24 years onsite experience of Nuclear operations. Specific area of interest, managing through life maintenance of the nuclear containment boundary including ageing management to meet safety case requirements. Active member of the National Nuclear Glovebox Forum and American Glovebox Society

Eliott Lindsay: Consultant Engineer, Frazer-Nash Consultancies

Eliott is a consultant engineer with a strong technical background in the analysis of fluids systems. Eliott led Frazer-Nash’s recent cross-industry research review of HEPA filter ageing, where he collaborated with subject matter experts and engaged with key stakeholders across the ventilation industry and internationally. Eliott has a diverse experience of reviewing and developing industry recommended practice, including in the Renewable Energy industry where he developed guidance for modelling wind farm aerodynamic losses using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Eliott holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Ronald Bellamy: Chair, ASME Committee on Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment

Dr. Bellamy is retired from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission after 45 years, serving as subject matter expert on nuclear air cleaning and being responsible for nuclear air cleaning regulatory documents. He remains active in the international nuclear air cleaning industry, serving in various positions (including chair) of the ASME Committee on Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment responsible for the AG-1 Code on Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment and a member of the ASME Board. He directs the Harvard University Inplace Filter Testing Workshop. He is President of the International Society for Nuclear Air Treatment Technologies and has chaired the International Nuclear Air Cleaning Conferences since 2000. He consults for various organizations, including the US Department of Energy and universities, and is an instructor for USNRC reactor safety courses.

Michael Urwin: Engineering Analyst, PDL

Michael graduated from Newcastle University in 2018 with a 1st Class degree in MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Mechatronics. He has since worked at PDL Solutions (Europe) Ltd (PDL) a specialist Engineering Analysis consultancy that is part of the Vulcain Engineering Group. Michael has gained valuable experience in highly regulated industries including automotive, oil and gas and defence. He has experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Simulink/MATLAB and Finite Element Analysis (FEA). Michael is an Associate Member of the IMechE and is actively working to achieve Chartered Engineer status through the PDL IMechE Monitored Professional Development Scheme.

Dawid Jodlowiec: Nuclear Ventilation Engineer, European Spallation Source (ESS)

Has over 17 years of experience within industrial HVAC sector and for the last 12 years has been focusing on projects concerning nuclear and research facilities. Is now responsible for functional integration of ventilation systems within ESS Target Station, supervision of engineering activities performed by an external partner and for general assistance in relation to nuclear HVAC topics. Before moving to Sweden, he has worked at ITER Organization, a fusion research facility currently being constructed in the south of France, and at IBERDROLA Engineering and Construction in Spain, where he has participated to NPP uprate and new build projects.

Eddy Liu: HVAC Engineer, China General Nuclear Power Corporation

Graduated from Tongji University with a master's degree in engineering. Have involved in the HVAC systems design for 8 years in CGN. Participated several projects HVAC design, including Yangjiang, Ningde, Fangchenggang phase I and HPR1000 projects. Currently, mainly responsible for the GDA certification of the UK HPR1000 HVAC systems.

Iain Johnston: HPC project Director, Axima Nuclear

Jacob Lavin: Student, University of Loughborough

Jacob is a Doctoral Researcher at Loughborough University. He completed his undergraduate degree in Innovative Manufacturing Engineering (IME) at Loughborough University in 2020. The motivation for his research is to increase the viability of laser cutting technology as a nuclear decommissioning tool.

Matthew Jones: Student, University of Loughborough

Matt is a PhD Researcher at Loughborough University working alongside NNL and funded by the NDA to research fume generated in laser cutting in a Nuclear Decommissioning Environment with a focus around accurate measurement of the particle being generated. Matt attained his undergraduate degree from Loughborough University in Mechanical Engineering and has previous experience looking at laser generated fume in a medical environment.

Jonathan Dodds: Technical Manager, National Nuclear Laboratory

Jonathan is a PhD qualified Technical Manager at the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL). He has worked for over a decade in nuclear waste management and specializes in the technical leadership of projects associated with particles, droplets and sludge. He has a record of successfully supervising and delivering projects involving laboratories (active and non-active), large scale non-active test rigs and universities.