Chief Nuclear Officer

Skills at this level

Reactivity and Reactor Power Management

— Governs the safe adjustment of reactor power and coolant temperature to meet changing load demands through the day, ensuring control-rod and reactivity manipulations across the operation are performed to procedure by licensed operators.

Control-Room Operating Command

— Directs the overall operation of reactor units from the control room — startup, power operation, and shutdown — setting the operating discipline under which senior reactor operators oversee all controls.

NRC Licensed-Operator Program Leadership

— Owns the pipeline that prepares operators for the NRC license exam, sustains re-qualification and recurring training, and ensures the organization retains a qualified licensed and senior-licensed operator bench.

Radiological Safety Oversight

— Governs radiation-monitoring systems and radiological procedures so that leaks are detected and addressed quickly and containment and worker-protection standards hold across all operating units.

Emergency and Abnormal Condition Response

— Directs the operating organization's execution of emergency procedures and response to abnormal plant conditions, restoring units to safe normal operation as quickly as the situation allows.

Nuclear Fuel Handling Operations

— Manages fuel-element handling activities — preparation, transfer, loading, and unloading — and their integration with reactor startup/shutdown and refueling outage sequencing.

Fleet Operating and Generation Planning

— Balances grid dispatch commitments, outage and fuel-cycle sequencing, and unit availability across multiple stations without subordinating nuclear safety to generation output.

Nuclear Safety Culture Leadership

— Sets and sustains the operating-performance and human-performance standards (procedure adherence, questioning attitude) that prevent common-cause operational vulnerabilities across the fleet.

NRC Operating-License Basis Stewardship

— Protects the integrity of the NRC operating-license basis for every station, ensuring operating decisions and events never compromise the company's authorization to operate its reactors.

Regulatory and Grid External Representation

— Represents nuclear operations with the NRC, industry bodies, and regional grid authorities, negotiating critical operating and regulatory matters on the company's behalf.

Operator Succession and Command Continuity

— Manages advancement from licensed reactor operator to senior reactor operator to plant manager and instructor, ensuring every unit remains under qualified licensed command.

Enterprise Nuclear Portfolio Strategy

— Shapes corporate decisions on the nuclear generation portfolio — reliability targets, uprates, life extension, and retirement — integrating operations with the corporation's broader generation and capital strategy.