Dr. Kalyan K. Niyogi
Technical Director, NCI
Dr. Kalyan K. Niyogi is the Technical Director of NCI with the responsibility to ensure that every NCI project is resourced with qualified personnel and that the organization’s work is competently rendered.
Dr. Niyogi earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972. His entire professional career has been in the commercial nuclear industry with over 47 years of experience in the design, engineering and licensing of nuclear power plants. Dr. Niyogi worked for Raytheon Engineers and Constructors from 1972 until 1996 where he served as the Manager of thermal-fluid analysis group for 15 years and subsequently as the Project Manager for plant modification and improvement projects. During his 24-year tenure at Raytheon Engineers, Dr. Niyogi provided consulting services to over two dozen US nuclear plants helping solve their start-up and operational problems. Nuclear plants have frequently called upon Dr. Niyogi for his technical specialties in the areas of thermal-hydraulics performance evaluation and life extension of nuclear plant systems and components. As a seconded expert to the NRC, Dr. Niyogi served in the various NRC audit teams for system design reviews of nuclear plants during their licensing process.
Since 1996, Dr. Niyogi has been a leading specialist at Holtec International engaged in the design, engineering and site implementation of systems, structures and components used in nuclear power plants. He has held the rank of Project Manager, Technical Sponsor and Director for number of dry spent fuel storage projects including the Chernobyl defueling project. He has extensive experience in the design, licensing and commissioning of domestic and international dry storage projects. Dr Niyogi is a registered professional engineer and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He served as the Chairman of ANS Committees and Chairman of Nuclear PV&P Committee. Dr. Niyogi holds the rank of Corporate Engineer within Holtec’s professional hierarchy of engineering personnel.
Riaz Awan
Vice President for Ukraine Operations, Holtec International
Vice President of Corporate Oversight, Holtec International
Managing Director, Nuclear Consultants International
Riaz Awan is Vice President with direct responsibilities for management and oversight of all aspects of Holtec International operations in Ukraine. In this capacity, he serves as the Executive Sponsor of the Chornobyl Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility and the Ukraine Central Spent Fuel Storage Facility Projects .
Dr. Indresh Rampall
Consulting Engineer, NCI
Dr. Indresh Rampall earned his doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1993. His professional career spans over 30 years and is marked by solving numerous fluid mechanics and heat transfer problems in the nuclear and chemical industries.
After graduating from Notre Dame, Dr. Rampall joined Holtec International as a Principal Engineer concentrating in steam generators and other capital equipment in the nuclear industry. He served as the lead thermal-hydraulics engineer for the re-rack licensing of fuel storage racks at over dozen nuclear plants, thermal qualification and licensing HI-STAR and HI-STORM spent fuel storage and transport casks and evaluation of natural circulation cooled nuclear reactors supporting Holtec’s SMR-300 program. He served as an Expert witness in the Atomic Safety Licensing Board hearings for the storage of spent nuclear fuel at the Private Fuel Storage Facility. He has authored over 50 industry reports and co-authored several patents supporting safety evaluation of casks, fuel pool racks, heat exchange equipment and dry storage facilities. His current areas of professional concentration include safety evaluation of dry storage casks, and high- density fuel racks, neutron absorber behavior, simulation of extreme environmental phenomena such as fire and flood events.
In his early career, Dr Rampall worked for Engineers India Limited, where he focused on the design, modeling and pilot-scale testing of chemical reactors.
Dr. Rampall is a member of the consulting faculty of NCI.
Dr. Alan Soler
Executive Engineer, NCI
Dr. Alan Soler is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (BS and Ph. D.) and Caltech (Masters). He has been active in the nuclear industry since the 1960s with his early years of work as a university- based consultant to several nuclear equipment suppliers. He has served as a senior analyst in Holtec’s employ since 1992.
Dr. Soler’s work in the nuclear industry has been mainly focused in the areas of static and dynamic analysis of steel structures and reinforced concrete, quantification of the soil-structure interaction phenomena, safety analysis of nuclear systems and structures including ASME code vessels. His early work in the design of steam surface condensers and nuclear plant heat exchangers lives on even today as functioning equipment in nuclear power plants, many operating since the 1970s.
Dr. Soler is the co-author of an authoritative book on mechanical design of heat exchangers which has influenced the development of national codes and standards such as the ASME code, the TEMA standard and HEI standards since the mid-1980s. He has authored or co-authored over 70 technical papers, four patents and some 500 technical reports on nuclear plant equipment and structures.
Dr. Soler is a Fellow of the America’s Society of Mechanical Engineers (1985). He holds the rank of Executive Engineer (highest level in the Company’s professional engineering hierarchy). Dr. Soler joined as a member of the NCI’s consulting group in July 2019.
Lawrence Berlinski
Principal Engineer, NCI
Lawrence Berlinski serves as the Lead Oversight Manager of NCI with the responsibility to oversee Decommissioning and Dry Fuel Storage activities at the Oyster Creek and Pilgrim facilities. In that role he ensures that all activities are in regulatory compliance, are performed with proper industrial safety and using the principles of ALARA
In recent years, he served as Shift Manager and Senior Reactor Operator at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant overseeing regulatory compliance, safe operation and post shutdown activities. He also served as the Training Development Chairman, Dose Control Supervisor and Performance Evaluator. As a member of the Oyster Creek Speaker’s Bureau he spoke with various groups improving the public’s understanding of nuclear power by explaining the theory of operation of power plants.
In his early professional career, Berlinski worked as both as an Equipment Operator and a Reactor Operator at Oyster Creek for the Exelon Corporation acquiring valuable technical skills. . He has over 20 years of distinguished experience with both the United States Navy and the commercial nuclear industry.
Berlinski holds a BA from Seton Hall University and a BS from Thomas Edison State University.
Steven Davis
Senior Engineer, NCI
Steven Davis serves as the NCI Oversight Representative with the responsibility to oversee Decommissioning and Dry Fuel Storage activities at the Oyster Creek and Pilgrim facilities. In this capacity, he performs oversight functions to ensure that that all activities are in regulatory compliance and are being performed with proper industrial safety requirements and the principles of ALARA.
Prior to joining NCI, Davis served as the Control Room Operator and the Equipment Operator at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant performing activities related to dry fuel storage, wastewater treatment, maintaining status of the spent fuel pool, monitoring plant parameters, surveillance testing of safety systems, and other plant activities such as equipment clearances to support maintenance. During this assignment, he maintained Emergency Response Qualifications for First Aid, Fire Brigade Leader, Operations Support Coordinator, and Beyond Design Basis Disaster Mitigation. Also, Mr. Davis obtained Black Seal Boiler Operator’s License
Davis holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rowan University.
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