Alumni Profiles

Brian Moore

  • Program Years: 1992-1995
  • Academic Institution: North Carolina State University
  • Field of Study: Nuclear Engineering
  • Academic Advisor: Paul Turinsky
  • Practicum(s):
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1994)
  • Degree(s):
    Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1996
    M.S. Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992
    B.S. Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991

Current Status

  • Status: Executive Manager, Core & Fuel Engineering, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
  • Research Area: Computational Simulation of Nuclear & Thermal-Hydraulic Processes in Boiling Water Nuclear Reactors
  • Personal URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brmoore5

Comments

In 2013, assumed leadership of Core & Fuel Engineering department consisting of fuel product performance & design, methods & software, and nuclear analytical services for Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas and GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy based in Wilmington, NC.

Publications

B. R. Moore and J. P. Rea, "Validation Of BWR Simulation Methods Via Bundle And Pin-By-Pin Power Gamma Scan Results," PHYSOR 2010 - Advances in Reactor Physics to Power the Nuclear Renaissance, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, May 9-14, 2010, on CD-ROM, American Nuclear Society, LaGrange Park, IL (2010).

G. Cuevas-Vivas, W. Metwally, J. Rea, B. R. Moore, S. Moen, "Implementation of Power Shape Adaption Technique for the Use of Automated Fixed In-Core Probes," Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management IV (ANFM 2009), Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, April 12-15, 2009, American Nuclear Society, LaGrange Park, IL (2009).

A. A. Karve, B. R. Moore, V. W. Mills, G. N. Marrotte, Uncertainty Estimates In Cold Critical Eigenvalue Predictions, Nucl. Tech., 151, 60 (2005).

T. Iwamoto, M. Tamitani, B. Moore, Methods, Benchmarking and Applications of BWR Core Simulator AETNA, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA, October 5-8, 2003, American Nuclear Society, LaGrange Park, IL (2003).

T. Iwamoto, M. Tamitani, B. Moore, Development of Kinetics Model for BWR Core Simulator AETNA, J. Nucl. Sci. and Technology, 40, 201-212 (2003).

B. R. Moore and P. J. Turinsky, Higher Order Generalized Perturbation Theory for Boiling Water Reactor In-Core Fuel Management Optimization, Nucl. Sci. Eng., 130, 98 (1998).

B. R. Moore, P. J. Turinsky, and A. A. Karve, FORMOSA-B: A BWR Incore Fuel Management Package, Nucl. Tech., 128, 153 (1999).

Awards

1999 GE Nuclear Energy Engineering Award - Outstanding Technical Contribution
2005 GE Nuclear Energy Engineering Award - Service Engineering
2008 GE Nuclear Energy Engineering Award - Outstanding Technical Contribution
2010 Leadership Wilmington/Work on Wilmington
2012 GE Energy Customer Value Award - EPU/MELLLA+ SLMCPR Margin Enhancement