Richard C.

DeKlever; PE
2628 Desert Sands Dr.
Las Vegas, NV 89134
rdf473a8@westpost.net; (702) 255-0026
Education
Graduate studies in Corrosion Engineering, University of Nevada at Las Vegas
Graduate studies in Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh
BS Materials Science, Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA
Registered Professional Engineer in Quality Engineering, California, QU-1470
Summary of Participation in Nuclear Related QA Activities
Functioned in various Management and Senior Engineering level positions during t
he application (details presented below) of DOE/RW-0333P; 10 CFR 830.120 subpart
A; DOE 414.1C; NQA-1-1983; 10 CFR 50 App. B; and other Nuclear Quality Assuranc
e programs involving assignments in U.S. Naval Nuclear Materials Fabrication; FF
TF Process Development of MOX fuels and Design Engineering of components; Commer
cial Nuclear Plant Quality Assurance Start-up and Initial Operation; Yucca Mount
ain Project (YMP) Exploratory Studies Facility (ESF) Systems Engineering and Qua
lity Assurance; and D & D Quality Assurance assignments with the URS .
Overview of 35 years of Nuclear Quality Assurance Experience
aQa-List Development and Maintenance at YMP and Hanford SNF Project.
Electron Beam Welding and Fabrication
Nuclear Program & Supplier Audits as Lead NQA-1 Auditor
Fuels Processing, Naval; MOX and Commercial including Shippingport
ASME ISI and NDE Programs
7. Assessments and Surveillance
8. Corrosion Control and Evaluation
9. D & D of Nuclear Facilities

Specific Experience
3/2010 a" 8/2010 URS a" Washington Group
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
D&D Project- SPRU a" DP involving decontamination and demolition of buildings B
& D at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Albany, NY. Responsibilities incl
uded; Assessments; PAAA Project Coordinator; Quarterly Project Performance repor
ts; and developing the Quality Project Commitment Database.
2008 a" 2010 Rehabilitation
From two heart operations.

10/2006 a" 8/2007 Project Enhancement Corporation (PEC)

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Yucca Mountain Project
Participation in internal and external Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) audits inclu
ding EM/RW audits of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High Level Nuclear Waste programs of
custodian QARD programs at various DOE sites, perform assessments, and surveill
anceas of related QARD activities; Design, develop, and maintenance of the Proj
ect Requirements Processing (PRP) database, which contains compliance matrices r
epresenting thousands of specific source document criteria linked to respective
QARD requirements, which support the NRC review and approval of the QARD while
preserving approved relationships for subsequent interpretations and revisions o
f the QARD. Subsequent to this effort was the integration of DOE/RW-0565 (AQAP)
 with the current QARD;
Developing the DOE Office of Quality Assurance (OQA) Performance Improvement Pro
gram.
Review and developing quality procedures, documents, reports, and technical pape
rs for external presentations and conducting other tasks as assigned.
Maintain and Update the OQA - DAR Status Report.
03/2003 - 10/2006 QA Programs & Policy, Sr. QA Specialist
Navarro Research and Engineering Inc.
Yucca Mountain Project
Develop, revise, and review DOE-OQA procedures; design and maintain the Project
Requirements Processing (PRP) database for OQA, assist with revisions to the QAR
D and AQAP; review procurement documents; interface with external organizations
involved with application of QARD requirements and provide assistance with progr
am, process, and deliverables. Participate in quality-related verification act
ivities with EM as RW auditor at various sites, implement the corrective action
management system; and perform QA functions in support of DOE-OQA and DOE-EM per
taining to waste acceptance, storage, and transportation activities. Provide QE
support to DOE-OQA involving special projects; performance reporting analysis o
f the M&O QA program; technical and peer reviews; acceptance of deliverables; tr
aining program development; assist in developing technical papers for presentati
on at international society meetings, and other quality-related functions as dir
ected.
12/1998 - 01/2003 Senior QA Engineer
Fluor Hanford Inc. (FHI)
Site Wide Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Project
Organized five(5) annual SNF Project QARD audits with DOE-RL and National Spent
Nuclear Fuel (NSNF) QA Organizations;
Designed and directed web based QARD Indoctrination and Training course for SNF
Project personnel;
QARD Indoctrination class room training of >250 SNF Project personnel;
Responsible for developing and maintaining the SNF Program QARD aQa List procedu
re;
Developed and managed the SNF Project QARD aQa List;
Issued controlling procedures;
Developed a web based aQa List Tutorial for general project use. .Directed the s
uccessful resolution of 19 corrective action requests issued by NSNF QA audit te
am, which resulted in the reclassification of the Hanford SNF project QARD QA pr
ogram to an aeffective statusa
Participated in system design reviews, and acceptance of ASME nondestructive exa
mination and welding procedures for ASME aNa stamp welding and certification of
the SNF multi-canister overpacks (MCOs).
01/1995 -12/1998 Project/Systems Engineer
Duke Engineering & Services at Hanford
Integrated Quality Assurance Programs for the Fluor Project Hanford Management C
ontract;
Specified applicable OCRWM-QARD and 10CFR830.120 program requirements;
Participated in five (5) - QARD compliance and performance based management audi
ts for the Hanford SNF Project;
Developed QA program plans and procedures for Hanford Tank Waste Remediation Sys
tem a" and High Level Nuclear Waste Privatization Program.
08/1988 - 01/1995 Systems and QA Engineering
Duke Engineering & Services Inc. / Raytheon Services of Nevada / Holmes & Narv
er Inc. at Yucca Mountain.
Developed the Design and Hazards Analysis report for the DOE-EM generic independ
ent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) and Topical Safety Analysis Report;
Established the Raytheon aQ-Lista program at the Yucca Mountain Project for the
Exploratory Studies Facility (ESF).
Participated in the design of the ESF at YMP.
Developed aQa-List and Grading procedures for classification of ESF items impor
tant to nuclear safety and waste isolation, and related quality activities, resp
ectively.
1/1979 a" 06/1988 L. K. Comstock Engineering Company / NUS Corporation / ME &
IS / Science Application International Corporation
(SAIC) / QA Manager, L. K. Comstock Engineering Company; /
Principal Engineer, NUS Corporation; / President, ME & IS;
Consultant to SAIC
Quality-Engineering support a" at the following commercial nuclear power station
projects,
Fermi II, Perry I, Three Mile Island, San Onofre II & III, and Comanche Peak.

05/1973a" 12/1978 Station Quality Control Engineer, Beaver Valley Nuclear

Station Unit 1; Duquesne Light Co.,
Developed station QC program during plant startup and initial plant operations,
which included;
Station Quality Control manual
Established initial station ASME Section XI nuclear components and piping in-ser
vice inspection (ISI) testing program
Responsible for assigning safety classification for spare parts procurement, sta
tion procedures, and maintenance activities
Supervised junior engineers and Quality Control inspectors
11/1958 a" 04/1973 Westinghouse Electric Corporation
(Atomic Fuels Division & Advanced Reactors Division)
Manufacturing; Welding; Development; and Design Engineering Assignments
Development and Design Engineering responsibilities
Design responsibility for certain Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) reactor compone
nts
FFTF fuels development including processes, equipment and tooling
New material fabrication processes and procedures for stainless steel and zircal
oy clad plutonium-uranium oxide (MOX) test fuel elements
Manufacturing and Welding Engineering responsibilities
Metallography involving advanced U.S. Navy HEU metallic and ceramic nuclear fuel
characterization and examination of structural weld and braze qualification com
ponents
Developed manufacturing processes and tooling for application to fabrication of
advanced
U. S. Navy nuclear reactor fuel designs, including Shippingport seed and blanket
components
Developed system, component, and tooling designs and application for high voltag
e electron beam (EB) and tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding equipment and processe
s
Process development of high temperature structural and reactive metal alloy comp
onents and advanced nuclear fuels a" U.S. Navy nuclear program
01/2006 Community Service and Related Programs;
President and Founder; Sun City Summerlin, Las Vegas, NV.
Nuclear Science Club,
Responsible for the successful management of the aCA Clean
Energy Tour,a a 3 free day tour of SONGS, General Atomics; and a US Navy nucle
ar attack submarine in San Diego. Also, we organized 8 free - DOE neighborhood
bus tours of Yucca Mountain which was very well received by the residence.

Professional Training/Certifications/Affiliations
OCRWM-NQA-1 Lead Auditor training and qualification course, 2001
Root Cause Analysis Techniques, 2000
Fluor Hanford Certified Lead Auditor, 1999
Registered Professional Engineer in Quality Engineering, California, QU-1470
Professional Society Memberships: ASM; ASME; ANS; Rad-Waste, and; AWS
U. S. Patent and Technical Publications
U. S. Patent No. 3,869,610 aA NonDestructive Method for Determining Quantities o
f a a*Unique Isotopic Mixture of Tag Gases in Nuclear Fuel Pinsa for Fast Flux T
est Facility
aUsing QA Classification to Guide Design and Manage Risk,a co-author, Internatio
nal High Level Nuclear Waste Conference, April 1993
aClassification and Grading of Design Products for the Yucca Mountain Project,a
co-author, American

Nuclear Society Conference, June 1993

aDetermining Importance and Grading of Items and Activities for the Yucca Mounta
in Project,a co-author, Institute of Nuclear Management Conference, July 1993
aImproving Plant Availability through in-house Reliability Improvement of Electr
onic Equipment,a ANS Transactions, June 1988
aDevelopment of a Licensing Commitment a" Procedures Matrix for Operating Nuclea
r Stations,a ANS Transactions, June 1982
Security Clearance; DOD aQa (currently in process)