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Brendan Burns

Position: Nuclear Engineer
HS-1.1 Start Date: September 2007
DOE Start Date: June 1991

Office Assignment:	Site Assignments:	HS-1.1 Responsibilities:
2004-2, Active Confinement Systems	Idaho Livermore Richland Office of River Protection Sandia	Issue lead for numerous Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board) Recommendations and DOE sites throughout the complex.

Experience:

Period	Employer	Position	Major Accomplishments
9/07 - Present	Department of Energy	Nuclear Engineer	Interface for numerous Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board) Recommendations and DOE sites.
8/97 - 9/07	U.S. Army	Army Reactor Program Manager	Developed comprehensive licensing basis for operational and deactivated Army nuclear reactor facilities. Improved operations at facilities.
6/91 - 8/97	Department of Energy	Engineer	Managed safety and health portion of pilot performance measurement program. New Facilities operations manager for Spent Nuclear Fuel program at Hanford.
11/85 - 6/91	Defense Contractor	Engineer/Analyst	Conducted operational analysis of warfare systems for the Navy.
5/78 - 10/85	U.S. Navy	Submarine Officer	Managed R&D programs to ensure strategic assets were secure against adversaries. Qualified Submarines and Engineer Officer

Education:

Year	Degree	Major	School
2001	MSS	Strategic Studies	U.S. Army War College
1991	MMS	Materials Science	University of Virginia
1978	BS	Ceramic Science and Engineering	Pennsylvania State University

Honors/Credentials/Other:

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