Daniel Peychev

Current

Nuclear Plant - Safety Case Engineer at British Energy

Past

Design Engineer at Eskom
Ops Procedure Writer at Eskom, Koeberg NPS, South Africa
Unit Shift Supervisor (SRO) at Nuclear power plant Kozloduy

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Education

Tehnièeski universitet Sofija

Connections

42 connections

Industry

Utilities

Daniel Peychev’s Summary

Over 15 years of experience in the commercial nuclear plant engineering area.

Daniel Peychev’s Specialties:

Safety Case Management;
Licensing;
Engineering;
Plant Modifications;
Plant Safety and Design Documentation;
Operations

Daniel Peychev’s Experience

Nuclear Plant - Safety Case Engineer

British Energy

(Public Company; BGY; Utilities industry)

November 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

 Prepare safety documentation and submissions in accordance with the Company processes for management of Plant Modifications, Plant Life Extension, and Justifications for Continued Operation
 Verify/review safety submissions in accordance with the Company processes for management of Technical Verifications and Reviews
 Liaise with external suppliers providing technical support to the development of safety related studies
Design Engineer

Eskom

(Public Company; Utilities industry)

May 1998 — October 2007 (9 years 6 months)

 Perform design reviews of PBMR plant SSC in terms of compliance with nuclear safety and industry requirements (compliance is verified against User Requirement Specifications, the NGC, as well as against international standards - ANSI, IEEE, NRC, IAEA, EPRI, etc.)
 Determine the scope of reviews to be performed externally, compile review specifications, provide support to engineering substantiation studies, and locate competent resources for the verification of technically challenging designs.
 Monitor the progress of design review activities, track design deficiencies and risks, and compile/maintain reports.
 Review and/or compile Safety Case documentation facilitating the licensing of a PBMR Demonstration Power Plant (this involves activities, such as hazard identification, fault-tree analyses [FTA], FMECA / HAZOP analyses, deterministic/probabilistic analyses and qualitative risk assessments, safety case preparation, safety evaluations and justifications, accident sequence assessments and analyses, stress analyses, design basis substantiations, external hazard assessments, fire safety analyses, “ALARA” / “DID” / “single failure criterion” / “redundancy-diversity-independence” application analyses, etc).
 Co-ordinate licensing documentation review and submission to the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) for assessment (as part of the PBMR Safety Case and Licence-to-Construct the PBMR DPP application).
 Compile process governing documentation regarding Configuration Control/Management, Design Control, Safety Management, Safety Case and SAR Control, Plant Modifications Safety Evaluation, Design & Licensing Bases Control, etc.
 Co-ordinate program tasks between the Utility and PBMR (Pty) Ltd in the area of Verification and Validation (V&V) of Computer Codes and Models used in the Safety Case.
 Mentor Utility development staff and provide on-job training (includes lectures to postgraduates who follow the Nuclear Engineers Course programme).
Ops Procedure Writer

Eskom, Koeberg NPS, South Africa

(Utilities industry)

1998 — 2001 (3 years )
Unit Shift Supervisor (SRO)

Nuclear power plant Kozloduy

(Utilities industry)

1991 — 1997 (6 years )