Carson serves as the assistant nuclear facility manager (NFM) for the Fuel Manufacturing Facility (FMF) within the Fuel Fabrication and Nuclear Material Management (FFNMM) Division at INL's Materials and Fuels Complex. FMF supports INL’s mission with unique capabilities in the handling, synthesis, and fabrication of nuclear fuel and nuclear fuel experiments. The facility also plays a key role in the storage, handling, and disposition of nuclear material for the special nuclear materials program. In his role, primary responsibilities include day-to-day management of facility personnel, work processes, management of nuclear material handling and storage requirements, ensuring compliance with facility safety bases and technical safety requirements, and ensuring required maintenance is executed for the facility. Prior to this role, Carson served as a radiochemical research scientist, hot cell group lead, and the dissolutions and separations Group Lead for the Analytical Research Laboratory (ARL) at MFC.
Before coming to MFC, Carson gained experience with an environmental waste management company whose primary focus was on remediation of soil, water, and radioactive biproducts produced in the oil and gas industry. He worked primarily on process development, site operations, and logistics that stabilized soils and liquids for disposition. He served in several roles such as environmental technician, facility manager, and vice president of operations & logistics within a 6+ year time frame.
