DALE B.
LANCASTER
Consulting Engineer
Education:
·
Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, 1980,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
·
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, 1974,
Georgia Institute of Technology
·
B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1973,
Cornell University
Experience Summary:
Dr.
Lancaster has worked in the nuclear industry for over 35 years. His greatest national and international
exposure comes from his licensing and standards efforts associated with burnup
credit. Dr. Lancaster is chairman of
the Burnup Credit Standard ANSI/ANS-8.27 working group. He led the DOE sponsored endeavors to gain
burnup credit for transport packages.
The results of this effort led to the NRC issuing guidance allowing
burnup credit for transportation.
Dr.
Lancaster is the originator and technical contract support for the EPRI Delta K
of Depletion program which is expected to resolve the hotly contested
validation for burnup credit.
Dr.
Lancaster currently supports KONES, NAC, and EPRI for their criticality,
shielding and containment needs in transportation and storage of nuclear
fuel.
Dr.
Lancaster recently supported Westinghouse in their incore fuel management.
Dr.
Lancaster has performed Criticality audits at the GE Willington fuel
fabrication plant and the Unenco’s National Enrichment Facility in Eunice, New
Mexico.
Along
with the ongoing support for his current clients, Dr. Lancaster’s recent
contracts include a) criticality support for FPL and Constellation Energy
(Calvert Cliffs), b) criticality analysis for Holtec, c) logistic and
criticality support for General Atomics, d) part of a team that evaluated the
Yucca Mountain License Application, and e) an NRC contract to evaluate the
impact of raising the enrichment limit for commercial fuel of 5 wt% U-235.
Prior
contracts include; a) performing the criticality and shielding safety analysis
and licensing for GNB for casks to be used in the USA, Italy, and Korea, b)
review of a license amendment for a utility for its spent fuel pool, c) support
for TN for burnup credit for transport of some DOE fuel, and d) evaluation of
criticality control materials for a materials manufacturer.
Dr.
Lancaster personally performs criticality, shielding, and containment analysis
using the NuclearConsultants.com QA program or the QA program of his
clients. He also personally remotely
performs analysis in support of incore fuel management using Westinghouse tools
(can only use these tools for Westinghouse work).
Professional History:
1999
to date NuclearConsultants.com
President,
Consulting Engineer
Clients
have included FPL, NAC, EPRI, Westinghouse, MHI, Holtec, KONES, NRC, GE, GNB,
General Atomic, Constellation Energy, DWA, ANL, and Transnuclear.
1995
to 2000 TRW Environmental Safety Systems, Inc.
Manager,
Burnup Credit
1993
-1994 Pennsylvania State University
Assistant
Professor, Nuclear Engineering Department
1988
-1992 Georgia Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor,
Nuclear Engineering Program
1982
- 1987 Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Nuclear
Fuels Division
Lead Engineer, Core
Engineering
1980
- 1982 Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Advanced Reactor Division
Senior
Nuclear Engineer, Nuclear Design
1977
- 1980 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research
Assistant, Nuclear Engineering Department
1974
- 1977 Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Advanced Reactor Division
Engineer,
Nuclear Design
Summers
·
1979, GCFR Design, General Atomic Co.
·
1973, Plant Engineer, Chesterfield
Power Station (oil fired), Virginia Electric Power Company.
·
1972, Shielding Analysis, Westinghouse
Water Reactors Division
·
1970, University Health Physics Dept.,
Pennsylvania State University
Publications and Professional
Activities:
Published over 50 articles. (Publication list provided on request.)
Reviewer for the journal, Nuclear Technology, and served on the
ANS Technology Journals Committee. Session Chair a 9 national meetings of the
ANS and Invited Speaker at 12 National meetings
Chairman
of ANS Standards Committee 8.27, “Burnup Credit For Nuclear Criticality Safety Analysis,” and
member of ANS/ANSI 19.11 and 8.17
Elected
twice (through a
national ballot) to the executive
committee of the American Nuclear Society's Reactor Physics Division. Past member of the ANS Professional
Engineering Examination Committee.
Patent: The Spectral
Shift Burnable Absorber. Patent No. 4657726
Registered
Professional Engineer, Pennsylvania, PE 036035 E
Contact
Information:
Office
Address: 187 Faith Circle Phone: 814-808-6154
Boalsburg, PA 16827
Cell: 814-574-1912
Email: dale@nuclearconsultants.com Web Page: www.nuclearconsultants.com