CHANDRAKANT  PATEL

521 Siltstone Place

Cary, NC 27519

(919) 760-3954

patelchan123[at]gmail.com

Qualifications Summary: 

        
Instrumentation and Control / Electrical
Engineering experience in application, design development, implementation and
testing of Nuclear Power Plant and coal-fired power plants control, protection
and monitoring systems.

        
Experienced in I&C / Electrical designs, Digital
Upgrades, software verification & validation, Distributed Control System
(DCS), software and hardware requirement specifications, software design
descriptions, software life cycle plans, factory & site acceptance tests, and
plant modification processes for various safety and non-safety systems of
nuclear power plant.

        
Hands-on experience working with Tricon Triple
Modular Redundant programmable logic controller, Westinghouse Ovation and
Foxboro I/A Series distributed control system.

        
Experienced in NRC 10CFR50 and 10CFR52 plant
licensing processes, Design Certification Document, Safety Evaluation Report, Licensing
Topical Reports, COLA, regulatory guides, branch technical positions, and
industry standards including IEEE, EPRI, IEC etc. applicable to I&C and
electrical systems of nuclear plant.

Technical
Skills: 

TriStation
1131 application programming, Tricon TMR PLC, Westinghouse Ovation &
Foxboro I/A series DCS,

GE NUMAC, Ventyx
Nuclear Asset Suite(Passport), ETAP, DOORS, NRC 10CFR50 & 10CFR52 codes and

regulations,
NUREG-0800, Regulatory Guides, BTP, IEEE, IEC, and EPRI Standards, AutoCAD,  Microsoft

Word, Excel,
Access, Visio, PowerPoint, Project.

Project Accomplishments: 

        
Fuqing & Hainan (CPR) Independent
verification and validation including factory acceptance testing of Reactor Protection
System and Engineered Safety Feature Actuation System for Tricon safety-related
application

        
Brunwick 1&2 (BWR) Upgrade of  Recirculation Flow Control system with Siemens WCIII Variable Frequency Drive
System

        
McGuire 1(PWR) Site Acceptance Test for
Westinghouse Ovation DCS for non-safety I&C Systems

        
GE ESBWR I&C design development for
Reactor Protection System and Engineered Safety Features System

        
Turkey Point 
3, 4 (PWR) Tricon Digital I&C upgrade for Qualified Safety
Parameter Display System

        
St. Lucie 1, 2 (PWR) Tricon Digital I&C
upgrade for Qualified Safety Parameter Display System

        
Kewaunee 1 (PWR) Tricon Digital I&C
upgrade for Qualified Safety Parameter Display System

        
Cooper Station (BWR) Tricon Digital I&C
upgrade for Reactor Vessel Level Control System

        
Shearon Harris (PWR) Safe Shutdown Analysis

        
H. B. Robinson 2 (PWR) 10CFR50 Appendix R
compliance and Fire Protection Program

        
Dresden 2, 3 (BWR) SBO Diesel Generator and
Generator-Transformer Relay Protection System

        
Quad Cities 1, 2 (BWR) SBO Diesel Generator
and Generator-Transformer Relay Protection System

        
Calvert Cliff 1, 2 (PWR) Process drawing
change request, field change request and engineering change notices

        
Browns Ferry 1, 2, 3 (BWR) Heat Load
Calculations for power plant equipments

Training:

        
Successfully completed ESBWR Software Management
and Software Quality Assurance Plan training.

        
Successfully completed GE Hitachi ESBWR, GE ABWR
and BWR system fundamentals training course.

        
Successfully completed TriStation 1131 software
development training for Tricon PLC programming and       Tricon Triple Redundant Architecture and internals training.

        
Successfully completed one-year on-job training
course in Operation and Maintenance of Coal Power Plant.

Education:     B.S.
Graduate Major in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Gujarat University,
India.

Professional Experience:

Sept 2010 Present
Sr. Consultant, Altran Solutions:

        
Providing subject matter expertise on Reactor
Protection System (RPS) and Engineered Safety Feature   Actuation System (ESFAS) for Invensys China Nuclear Independent Verification
and Validation project in   accordance
with IEEE-1012.

        
Responsible for developing software plans, factory
acceptance test plan, test case specifications and test   procedures for functional test, response time test, hardware test
and communication test for RPS and   ESFAS
of Fuqing & Hainan China new nuclear plants for Tricon DCS application.

        
Involved in design reviews of Software Requirement
Specifications, Software Design Descriptions,   application
program, component test, integration test and technical documents.

May 2010- Sep 2010
Sr. I&C Design Engineer, Progress Energy, Southport, North Carolina:

        
Prepared and reviewed design modification
procedures and specifications for digital upgrade of replacing existing
Motor-Generator sets for Reactor Recirculation Flow Control system with Siemens WCIII Variable Frequency Drive
System at Brunswick nuclear plant.

Feb 2009- Mar 2010
Lead Modification Engineer, Duke Energy, Huntersville North Carolina:

        
Performed
system acceptance test and prepared test procedures for replacement of
non-safety related control and instrumentation systems including feed water
control, reactor control, pressurizer level & pressure control  with a Westinghouse Ovation distributed
control system on digital upgrade project at McGuire nuclear plant.

        
 Reviewed  engineering design modifications, functional requirement documents, control
logic diagrams of Ovation DCS for the non-safety nuclear systems.

Feb 2006- Jan 2009
Sr. Nuclear I&C System Engineer, GE-Hitachi, Wilmington, North Carolina:

        
 Responsible
lead system engineer for detailed I&C design development implementation of
Reactor Protection System, Engineered Safety Feature Actuation Systems
including Leak Detection & Isolation System and Isolation Condenser System
for GE ESBWR nuclear power plant project.

        
 Developed
detail design documents including system design specifications, logic diagrams,
I/O database, hardware and software requirement specifications for RPS and
ESFAS. Prepared I&C sections of ESBWR design control document for NRC
licensing certification.

        
Provided licensing support  during DCD certification, COLA process and
I&C detail designs by preparing responses to NRCs request for additional
information, and to compliance with 10CFR50, Regulatory Guidelines, IEEE
standards, Branch Technical Positions, and various nuclear regulatory codes and
standards.

        
Verified design documents for nuclear I&C
safety and non-safety systems including Neutron Monitoring System, Nuclear
Steam Supply System (NSSS), Emergency Core Cooling System, Steam Bypass &
Pressure Control System, Feed Water Control System, and Turbine Control System.

        
Participated in preparing DCS architectures and
its communication interfaces. Verified Licensing Topical Reports for NUMAC,
TRICON, Setpoint Methodology and DCS application.

2004-Feb 2006 Sr.
Nuclear Application Engineer, TRICONEX, Irvine, California:  

        
Developed software application for integration
and implementation of Tricon triple modular redundant logic controller for
digital upgrade project of Quality Safety Parameter Display System for Turkey
Point, St. Lucie and Kewaunee nuclear power plants.

        
Prepared design documents, software and hardware
requirement specifications, software design descriptions, I/O database, failure
mode & effect analysis, functional diagrams and communication interface for
Tricon PLC, Foxboro I/A series DCS and Westinghouse Common Q display.

        
Developed and configured TriStation 1131
software application program using Structured Text and Function Block Diagram
languages.

        
Involved in validation and verification of
software code and performance of Factory Acceptance Test.

 Jan 1999-Apr 2004 Production Manager, FINE
Engineering, San Diego, California:  

        
Managed operation of production, sales,
purchasing, quality control, scheduling, and document control required for
manufacturing of Printed Circuits Boards and Cable / Wire Harness Assembly.

Jan 1991-Mar 1998 Design
Engineer, BECHTEL Power Corporation, Gaithersburg, Maryland:   

        
Prepared project plan and engineering change
notice for generator-transformer relay protection system and Station Blackout
emergency diesel generator modifications for Dresden and Quad Cities Nuclear
Power Plants.

        
Involved in reviewing technical specifications
of DCS system for Westinghouse, ABB and Foxboro I/A system.

        
Prepared, reviewed and processed engineering
change notices and modification packages in support of UFSAR and design basis
update for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant.

        
Calculated heat losses from electrical
equipments in various plant areas for TVA Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.

Mar 1989-Jan 1991
Application Engineer, NUS Corporation, Gaithersburg, Maryland:

        
Developed a safe shutdown analysis to compliance
with fire-protection program 10CFR50 Appendix R and 10CFR50.48 for Robinson
Nuclear Power Plant.

        
Reviewed process control diagram, P&ID,
logic and control schematics, electrical single line and wiring diagrams for
various nuclear systems to compliance with fire-protection program.

        
Performed fire hazard analysis, spurious
actuation of coordinated circuits, short circuit and voltage drop calculations
and circuit failure analysis for Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant.

Jun 1985-Oct 1988
Power Plant Engineer, Gujarat Electricity Board, India:

        
Responsible for operation and maintenance of
electrical power and control system of Boiler control supervisory system, ash
handling system, main steam, fuel system and turbine-generator auxiliaries
system for 210MW Coal-Fired Power Plant.

        
Prepared single line, schematics, loop, logic
and wiring diagrams for electrical /control power systems.

        
Involved in startup, shutdown, troubleshooting
and synchronization activity of Coal-Fired Power Plant.