Ryan Latta
- Name
- Ryan Latta
- Institution
- Kairos Power LLC
- Position
- Lead Fuel Qualification Engineer
- Biography
I have expertise in the area of nuclear fuel element design and qualification testing developed over the previous fifteen years of my career. I have been responsible for fuel qualification program planning, irradiation testing, fuel performance modeling, developing fuel system design bases, and interfacing with core design, safety, and licensing for the development of advanced reactor designs. The extent of my experience is provided below as listed in my resume.
Education
Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN
August 2006
Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering
Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN
May 2003
Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering
Work Experience
Kairos Power – Alameda, CA
March 2018 – Present
Lead Fuel Qualification Engineer
Program planning for nuclear fuel qualification programs
Irradiation testing of TRISO fuel particles and pebble fuel elements
Fuel system PIRT project
TerraPower – Bellevue, WA
February 2011 – March 2018
Nuclear Fuel Development Engineer
Program planning for nuclear fuel qualification programs and interfacing with licensing
Fuel irradiation testing – investigation of steady state and transient fuel performance, test planning, design, and project management for irradiations in ATR, MITR-II, BOR-60, and TREAT
Fuel performance modeling (ABAQUS) development of ALCHEMY metallic fuel performance code and model validation, advanced fuel element design (patents), irradiation test design, and analysis of irradiation test data
Nuclear fuel pin design, formulation of design basis, creating technical reports on DOE legacy data on metallic nuclear fuels for qualification and model validation along with qualification of existing data through NQA-1 standards
Manage consultant sub-contracts and mentor yearly summer intern for performing technical work and generating technical reports
Control rod and absorber pin development and design, performance analysis, and formulation of control rod design basis
Company representative to EPRI ANT program
KAPL – Schenectady, NY
August 2005 – February 2011
Senior Materials Engineer
Fuel performance modeling (ABAQUS), advanced fuel element design, formulation of design basis, irradiation test design, analysis of irradiation test data, irradiation test data archiving
Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN
May 2003 – July 2005
Research Assistant
Thermal modeling (ANSYS) of composite ceramic nuclear fuels, thermophysical property measurement, and fuel fabrication
Xcel Energy – Minneapolis, MN
August 1999 – August 2002
Nuclear Engineer Student Co-op
BWR core physics safety and reload analysis – SIMULATE and CASMO neutronic codes
- Expertise
- Ceramic Fuel, Core Design, Fast Reactor, Fuel, Fuel Performance, Irradiation, LWR, Modeling
About Us
The Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) is the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy's only designated nuclear energy user facility. Through peer-reviewed proposal processes, the NSUF provides researchers access to neutron, ion, and gamma irradiations, post-irradiation examination and beamline capabilities at Idaho National Laboratory and a diverse mix of university, national laboratory and industry partner institutions.
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