Rachel B. Gunnett

Engineer Level II

Professional Qualification Summary

Ms. Gunnett has over four years of nuclear industry experience, including environmental qualification (EQ), fire protection engineering, licensing, criticality analysis, and research.  Her work on EQ has included test report assessments and evaluations, program inclusion / exclusion evaluations, acceptance criteria development and implementation, thermal time lag analysis, aging evaluations, temperature profile extrapolations, and related documentation development.

Her licensing experience includes Combined License Application (COLA) development and new facility design compliance. She is a member of three IEEE nuclear industry standards working groups responsible for the areas of testing, aging assessments, and reliability / risk informing.   

Education

MS, Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan
BS, Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan

Training

10 CFR 50.59 Evaluation Certified by LeBlond and Associates, LLC - 2007

Corporation Project Experience

Engineer Level II, 2005 to present

Tetra Tech Advent, Ann Arbor, MI

Responsibilities include environmental qualification support, fire protection engineering, regulatory compliance analysis, and project controls.  Developed an EQ harsh / mild threshold basis and a regulatory document compliance summary for use in a client’s EQ Program manual.  Assisted in the development of an EQ training course, and verified EQ Program environmental conditions for a Midwest PWR.  Has developed numerous electrical equipment EQ documentation files.  Is the Advent Corporate Lead on EQ for Motor Control Centers (MCCs).  Provided engineering and consulting support to a Midwest BWR plant during an NRC triennial fire protection inspection.  Aided in the development of the non-LOCA accident analysis for the Mitsubishi US-APWR combined license application (COLA).  Performed design and licensing analyses for the nuclear enrichment facility currently being constructed in New Mexico in the areas of criticality and regulatory compliance.  Developed document control and corrective actions procedures for this facility, and completed owner acceptance reviews of vendor documents.  Assisted in the disposition of a non-conformance report involving vendor-produced construction drawings..

Publications

• “Experimental Verification of a Method for Obtaining Temporal Dose Information from Thermoluminescent Dosimeters (TLDs) Using a Simple Collimator with Mechanical Rotating Mechanism,” HPS 50th Annual Meeting, July 10-14, 2005, Spokane, WA by RB Gunnett, KJ Kearfott, JE Schlicht.
• “A New Laboratory Course in Applied Radiological Measurements,” HPS 50th Annual Meeting, July 10-14, Spokane, WA by KJ Kearfott, JA Harvey, SC Dewey, ML Rodrigues, RB Gunnett, AL Lehnert.
• “Simple Design of a Moving Mechanical Collimator for Temporally Varying Exposure of Thermoluminescent Dosimeters (TLDs) over a 14-Day Period,” HPS 48th Annual Meeting, July 20-24, 2003, San Diego, CA by RB Gunnett, KJ Kearfott, BP Warner, CP Henley, WG West, SM Bernal.
• “The University of Michigan Health Physics Society’s Radiation and Health Physics World Wide Website,”  HPS 48th Annual Meeting, July 20-24, 2003, San Diego, CA, by JG Dreyer, WG West, DA Granzow, RB Gunnett, AF Kalchik, KJ Kearfott.
• “An Evaluation of the Kearney Fallout Meter (KFM), a Radiation Detector Constructed of Commonly Available Household Materials,” HPS 48th Annual Meeting, July 20-24, 2003, San Diego, CA by MA Israetel, KJ Kearfott, JT McDonald, DA Granzow, WG West, RB Gunnett.