Ryan Latta
Principal Engineer - Nuclear Fuel Qualification at Kairos Power
- Role
- Principal Engineer - Nuclear Fuel Qualification at Kairos Power
- Location
- Alameda, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ryan Latta
Expertise in the area of nuclear fuel element design and irradiation testing to investigate fuel performance. Responsibilities and experiences in the areas of irradiation test program planning and test design for the qualification of fuel systems for advanced nuclear reactors. Experienced user of finite element based fuel performance models for use in the development of novel fuel elements, irradiation test design, test data analysis, and formulation of engineering design basis in support of core design.
Experience
Principal Engineer - Nuclear Fuel Qualification
Mar 2018 — Present · Alameda, CA, US
Responsible for the qualification of the annular fuel pebble for the KP-FHR. Primary duties have involved performing the following tasks in support of the fuel qualification program.Fuel Element PIRT for KP-FHRFuel Element Source Term MethodologyFuel Element Qualification PlanFuel Qualification Topical ReportFuel Qualification Laboratory Test ProgramFuel Pebble Irradiation Test ProgramNSUF - High Power Irradiation Test of TRISO Fuel Particles in Miniature Compacts in HFIR
Education
Purdue University
Master's degree, Nuclear Engineering
1998 — 2005
Skills
- Engineering
- Abaqus
- Nuclear
- Materials
- Uranium
- Reactor Design
- Solid Mechanics
- Simulations
- Data Analysis
- Fuel Systems
- Ansys
- Fortran
- Characterization
- R&D
- Power Generation
- Research and Development (R&D)
- Matlab
- Heat Transfer
- Materials Science
- Energy
- Power Plants
- Physics
- Testing
- Nuclear Engineering
- Steel
- Engineering Management
- Experimentation
- Python
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