Greg M. Hostetter

Senior Engineering Consultant

Experience Summary

Mr. Hostetter has over ten years of nuclear industry, research and related experience.  His areas of expertise include regulatory compliance support, environmental qualification (EQ) and aging management, Appendix R fire protection, thermal hydraulic analysis, room heat-up calculations, project management and controls, configuration control, corrective action, and materials science.  This work has been done at both BWR and PWR nuclear facilities in the United States and for an international NSSS vendor.

His material science background includes metals, glass / ceramics, liquid crystals / electronic materials, and polymers.  This work involved activities varying from process improvements to achieve desired materials properties to computational modeling of energy states and molecular configurations.

Mr. Hostetter is the Tetra Tech Advent corporate lead for information technology (IT) including software testing / verification, and day-to-day IT technical support.  He is the chair of IEEE Nuclear Power Engineering Committee Working Group 6.1 on Accident Monitoring Instrumentation (IEEE Std 497) and led the working group through a successful revision of the standard.  He is also performing research in support of new plant licensing [design certification (DCD), combined license (COL) application].

Education

MSE, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
BS, Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati

Registrations / Certifications / Training

• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) – Ohio, 2000
• 10 CFR 50.59 Evaluation Certified by LeBlond and Associates, LLC – 2007
• GOTHIC Training Course by Numerical Applications, Inc – 2007
• TRANE – HVAC Basics - 2009
• Project Management 101 –Tetra Tech – 2010
• Loss Prevention and Control – Tetra Tech - 2011

Corporation Project Experience

Senior Engineering Consultant, 2011 to Present
Project Manager, 2010 to Present
Tetra Tech Advent

Primary responsibilities include technical lead on thermal hydraulic analyses, project management and client interface management.

As technical lead for thermal hydraulic analyses, leads a team of engineers responsible for HELB and room heat-up environmental analyses using the GOTHIC computer software for both Design Engineering and Engineering Programs at nuclear operating plants.  These analyses include determination of environmental parameters and evaluation of equipment qualification / operability / functionality within the given environment.
 
Project management responsibilities include proposal creation, project scoping, work scheduling, project accounting, and management of project personnel.  Responsible for managing numerous projects for utility clients that are both short term and multiple year projects, ranging from staff augmentation to task driven projects, overseeing 10-20 engineers.
 
He is responsible for all aspects of Advent’s interface with Xcel Energy, including Monticello and Prairie Island, from project inception through project closeout.
 
Additional non technical activities include providing training to engineering and office staff, company marketing and sales, and support of the company QA Program.  

Engineering Consultant, 2009 to 2010
Lead Project Engineer, 2009 to 2010
Tetra Tech Advent

Responsibilities include technical lead on thermal hydraulic analyses and project management.  As technical lead for thermal hydraulic analyses, leads a team of engineers responsible for HELB and room heat-up environmental analyses using the GOTHIC computer software.  Project management responsibilities include project scoping, work scheduling, project accounting, management of project personnel, and primary interface contact for the client.  He is responsible for all Advent work with Xcel Energy including Monticello and Prairie Island.  Additional non technical activities include IT coordination and providing training to engineering and office staff.  

Senior Engineer, 2006 – 2009
Project Lead, 2008 - 2009
Tetra Tech Advent

Engineering related responsibilities include performing evaluations, developing calculations, and originating licensing basis document changes in support of EQ Programs at nuclear power plants. Also responsible for developing thermal-hydraulic analyses using the GOTHIC computer software. Additional technical areas of responsibility include probabilistic risk assessment work, Combined License (COL) Application work and new reactor design certification support.

Management activities include being the companies Project Lead at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant. Responsibilities as Project Lead include project scoping, work scheduling, project accounting, management of project personnel, and primary interface contact for the client. Additional non technical activities include IT coordination and providing training to engineering and office staff.  

Engineer Level II, 2002 – 2006
Tetra Tech Advent

Responsibilities included performing engineering evaluations, developing calculations, and originating licensing basis document changes in support of fire protection systems and environmental qualification programs at nuclear power plants. Assisted in resolution of EQ condition reports identified at Davis Besse during the boric acid release event extended outage.
 
Additional responsibilities included developing traffic engineering analysis and simulations to determine emergency evacuation time estimates for nuclear power facilities. Non-technical / engineering activities include project scheduling and IT coordination.