Emily Humes

• Validation of radiation detection equipment that meets the ISO 17025 standards.
• Documenting and preparing a Quality Management program for the HPGe gamma spectrometer.
• Calculating uncertainties in accordance to ISO 11929 associated with the HPGe detector
• Updated quality control standards, methods, and procedures to meet compliance requirements.
• Assisted with audits to for ISO 17025 accreditation assisted with remediating non-conformances.

• Resolve reactor plant chemistry issues and radiochemical analysis method and equipment issues
• Support deployed gamma-ray spectroscopy systems by designing tests, qualifying next generation hardware, writing and maintaining procedures, training operators, responding to emergent requests for technical assistance, troubleshooting, and evaluating system data

Capstone Project, Aug. 2021-Sept. 2022

• Engineered advanced reactor fuel system design, prototype, and cost implementation

Analytical Chemistry Rotation, June 2021-Aug. 2021

• Operated and performed analyses on the Auger Electron Spectrometer and the Transmission Electron Microscope
• Developed an Auger Electron Spectrometry method for measuring chromium depletion in stainless steel that supported a Horizon Planning initiative to significantly reduce sample preparation effort

Nuclear Analysis & Testing Rotation, Aug. 2020-June 2021

• Evaluated rare earth isotopic separations that cut separation time in half to implement in physics exam programs
• Researched and applied first of a kind isotopic measurement techniques into physics exam programs
• Performed statistical checks on radiochemical data and identified trends that required further investigation
• Calculated decay heat parameters to support safety evolutions and managed the project to produce results on schedule
• Qualified physics tester on a submarine fleet platform

Radiochemistry Rotation, Sept. 2019-Aug. 2020

• Integrated a chemical methodology to separate carbon-14 and tritium for emergent measurements of aqueous samples
• Performed initial qualification testing on portable gamma spectroscopy detectors for emergency response use

• Determined core parameters to be implemented into the fission gas product code for a new core loading pattern
• Simulated and compared National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center outputs to Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program preliminary dose calculation methods in emergency response

• Developed maintenance strategy for 152 hydraulic control units implemented from 2018-2032
• Presented maintenance strategy to Plant Health Committee, 10-15 executives
• Observed an outage with fuel being inspected and loaded into the spent fuel pool and reactor core