A professional who conducts research and analyzes and evaluates proposed and existing methods of transportation, handling, and storage of nuclear fuel to preclude accidental nuclear reaction at nuclear facilities. Responsibilities include:

• Reviews and evaluates fuel transfer and storage plans received from nuclear plants.
• Studies reports of nuclear fuel characteristics to determine potential or inherent problems.
• Reads blueprints of proposed storage facilities and visits storage sites to determine adequacy of storage plans.
• Forecasts nuclear fuel criticality (point at which nuclear chain reaction becomes self-sustaining), given various factors which may exist in fuel handling and storage, using knowledge of nuclear physics, calculator, and computer terminal.
• Determines potential hazards and accident conditions which may exist in fuel handling and storage and recommends preventive measures.
• Summarizes findings and writes reports.
• Confers with project officials to resolve situations where hazard is beyond acceptable levels.
• Prepares proposal reports for handling and storage of fuels to be submitted to government review board.
• Studies existing procedures and recommends changes or additions to guidelines and controls to ensure prevention of self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.