Researcher

 

Tim is the director of the Fuel Fabrication and Nuclear Material Management division at INL’s Materials and Fuels Complex. This division is responsible for nuclear facility management of six nuclear facilities including two hazard category II facilities. The division has the responsibility to develop new fuel fabrication processes, to fabricate and assemble irradiation experiments and to demonstrate engineering scale fuel fabrication processes.Tim has over 30 years of experience in research and management.

He is responsible for maintaining and expanding the personnel and capabilities to fabricate a wide range of actinide containing fuels and fuel systems. In the past, he has worked in numerous technical disciplines. Including plasma processing, aerosol particle measurement, magnetic properties measurement, magnetic alloy development, as well as numerous experimental design and mechanical design projects. These activities have resulted in numerous publications, and several awards, including an R&D 100 award. Tim is a co-inventor on numerous Invention Disclosures and is co-inventor on several issued patents.