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Professional Qualification Summary
Dr. Steinman has over ten years of nuclear industry experience related to licensing, analysis, operational support, and research. Her areas of expertise include new plant licensing [design certifications (DCDs) and combined license (COL) applications], design basis document (DBD) programs, environmental qualification (EQ), fire protection, thermal-hydraulic analyses and room heat-up calculations, and 10 CFR 50.59 reviews. She has been a major contributor to the EQ Programs of two nuclear power stations.
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Dr. Steinman is a working group member and in a lead role for an ongoing effort to update IEEE Std 627 (Equipment Qualification) for use by new plants. She is also a registered professional engineer in Michigan and a Certified Energy Manager by the Association of Energy Engineers.
Education
Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Science, University of Michigan, 2000
M.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan, 1999
M.Eng. Radiological Health Engineering, University of Michigan, 1998
B.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1996
Experience
| 2002 - present |
Senior Engineer, Advent Engineering Services -
Assisting a reactor vendor in developing a DCD for a new reactor design. Performed research in support of reconstituting EQ Program design basis requirements. Assisted in formulating and re-establishing design requirements and bases in areas of EQ accident definition, radiation environment dosage, harsh/mild criteria, codes & standards and regulations, EQ Master List control, and EQ Program maintenance. Was principal author of an EQ Program Manual developed as part of a major EQ Program improvement project.
Performed a complex analysis of Arrhenius-weighted average containment normal service condition temperatures based on six years worth of individually assessed daily temperature values. The result allowed an evaluation of both local area and elevation effects, as well as an accurate assessment of margin, for future qualified life determinations. Prepared EQ file updates to reflect changes in normal temperature conditions.
Assisted in research on assessing aging of electric cable insulation culminating in technical papers presented at four international conferences.
Researched and evaluated modeling approaches for determining maximum temperatures within electronic cabinets. Assisted in performing a major revision of a nuclear plant's Updated Safety Analysis Report.
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| 1999 - 2002 |
Engineer Level II, Advent Engineering Services - Implemented
a spreadsheet approach and methodology for evaluating area temperature effects
with respect to equipment aging and post-accident operability at the Davis-Besse
Nuclear Power Station. Participated in DBD preparation at the Kewanee
Nuclear Power Plant. Responsibilities included preparing design calculations,
performing engineering evaluations, and preparing licensing basis document
changes. |
| Summer 1998 |
Graduate Student Intern, Waste Management Federal Services Inc.
- Validated RADTRAN V incident-free off-link and handler dose models using
dose measurements from transient sources. Responsibilities included the
preparation and implementation of an experimental test procedure to measuring
dose due to a transient source and evaluation of experimental results, which
were later validated through MCNP modeling as part of a doctoral dissertation. |
| Summer 1998 |
Graduate Research Assistant,
Sandia National Laboratory - Created risk estimates for the National
Transportation Program using RADTRAN. Evaluated output sensitivity to the
detail of accident rate data (national vs. state level). |
| Summer 1997 |
Graduate Research Assistant, Argonne
National Laboratory - Created Microsoft Access database of RW859 spent
fuel information. Began risk calculations for the transport of commercial
spent fuel using the RADTRAN and RISKIND computer programs. |
| Summer 1997 |
EMF Public Communications Research Assistant, University of Michigan
School of Public Health Created public communications brochure on the potential
health effects associated with cellular phone transmission towers. |
| Summer 1996 |
Guest Research Scientist,
International Student Exchange Program,
Forschungzentrum KFA Juelich Calculated creep strain parameters for
German pressure vessel steel. Prepared technical report to document calculations
for later use in a joint pressure vessel steel study with French scientists. |
| 1994 - 1996 |
Health Physics Technician,
Occupational Health and Safety Services,
University of Missouri-Rolla Conducted radiation contamination swipe
surveys, maintained dosimetry program records, conducted reactor pool water
analysis, and prepared ALARA statements and SRPs. |
| Summer 1995 |
Summer Intern, Argonne National
Laboratory Prepared input data for MCNP case of BUSS cask streaming.
Reviewed literature related to hydrogen gas production in nuclear waste. |
Awards & Certifications
- IEEE Technical Committee Prize Paper Award for "Computerized Approach to
Updating Qualified Lives for EQ Equipment" - 2003
- Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Michigan - 2003
- Certified Energy Manager (CEM) by the Association of Energy Engineers -
2002
- Engineering-in-Training (EIT) - 1996
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
- Steinman, R.L., D.A. Horvath, and M.J. Wylie, Standardization of EQ Program
Limitorque Valve Actuator Configurations, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science,
51(4), August 2004.
- Horvath, D.A., M.J. Wylie, and R.L. Steinman, Restoring Environmentally
Qualified Equipment Health after a Boric Acid Event, IEEE Transactions on
Nuclear Science, 51(4), August 2004.
- Wylie, M.J., R.L. Steinman, and L. Makatura, Computerized Approach to Updating
Qualified Lives for EQ Equipment, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science,
50(4), August 2003. [NOTE: This paper won the 2003 IEEE PES Nuclear Power
Engineering Committee Prize Paper Award.]
- Steinman, R.L., R.F. Weiner, and K.J. Kearfott, Comparison of Transient
Dose Model Predictions And Experimental Measurements, Health Physics Journal,
83(4), October 2002.
- Steinman, R.L. "Evaluation of the Radiological Risks Associated with the
Routine Transport of Radioactive Material within Michigan" [dissertation]. Ann
Arbor (MI): University of Michigan; 2000.
Conference Papers / Publications
- Steinman, R.L. and G.M. Hostetter, Evacuation Time Estimate Analysis for
the Fermi 2 Emergency Planning Zone, ANS 2004 Annual Meeting Transactions,
June 13-17, 2004, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Steinman, R.L., State of the Art Techniques for Nuclear Emergency Planning
Population Analysis, Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference,
November 2002, Norfolk, VA.
- Wood, D.C. and R. L. Steinman, "Are You Managing Your Information or Your
Paper? - Letting Go of the Page Paradigm". ANS 2002 Annual Meeting Transactions,
9-13 June 2002, Hollywood, FL.
- Wood, D.C. and R.L. Steinman, Risk Assessment for Aircraft Electrical Interconnect
Subsystems, International Conference on Wire System Aging, 23-25 April
2002, Bethesda, MD.
- Horvath, D.A. and R.L. Steinman, Microstructure Assessments for Determining
Electric Cable Insulation Remaining Life, International Conference on Wire
System Aging, 23-25 April 2002, Bethesda, MD.
- Steinman, R.L. and D.A. Horvath, Assessing the Condition of Inaccessible
Cables Through Correlation of Capacitance and Insulation Microstructure,
International Conference on Wire System Aging, 23-25 April 2002, Bethesda,
MD.
- Horvath, D.A. and R.L. Steinman, Determining Margin of Remaining Life Using
Void Content, Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference,
November 2001, San Diego, CA.
- Horvath, D.A. and R.L. Steinman, Relationship of Electric Insulation Void
Content with Electric Cable Normalized Capacitance, IEEE/CEIDP, 14-17
October 2001, Kitchener, ON, Canada.
- Steinman, R.L. and K.J. Kearfott, A Comparison of the RADTRAN 5 and Riskind
1.11 Incident-Free Dose Models, Proceedings of Waste Management Symposium,
27 February - 2 March 2000, Tucson, AZ.
- Steinman, R.L. and R.F. Weiner, Risk Assessment for Sample WIPP and Yucca
Mountain Shipments, Proceedings of the Waste Management Symposium, 28
February - 4 March 1999, Tucson, AZ.
- Steinman, R.L., J.L. Boles, J.G. McFadden, R.F. Weiner, and K.J. Kearfott,
"Experimental Validation of the RADTRAN 5 Incident-Tree and Handler Dose Models,
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 14-18 November 1999, Long
Beach, CA: 81(67): 67-68.
- R.L. Steinman, R.F. Weiner, K.J. Kearfott, "Sample Transportation Risk Assessments
for WIPP And Yucca Mountain Shipments," Health Physics Society Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA (1999).
Professional Affiliations
- American Nuclear Society (ANS)
- Environmental Sciences Division (ESD) Executive Committee Member (2004-07)
- Michigan Section ANS Chair (2004-05)
- Publicity Chair for the 2002 International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic
Safety Assessment (PSA'02)
- Michigan Section ANS Treasurer (2000-04)
- Women in Nuclear (WIN)
- Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
- Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honorary
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