Steven Norman

• Controls and operates nuclear reactor.
• Monitors and control reactivity by moving control rods, boration/dilution of RCS, adjusting turbine loading.
• Start and stop equipment, coordinate activities out in the field, maintain logs.
• Respond to abnormalities, implement emergency procedures when needed, and implement corrective actions.
• Improved reactor safety by conducting regular inspections and maintenance of equipment.

• Fully Qualified Nuclear Operations Technician, performed plant testing, valve lineups, clearances, protecting equipment, conducting plant round and maintaining logs.
• Served as a member of the Fire Brigade and qualified Incident Commander.
• Qualified ERO Emergency Communicator in the control room.
• Promoted to Shift Lead AO, duties include preparing/aligning shift AOs for upcoming tasks, help supervising and training new AOs.

• Operated a reactor plant during critical and shutdown conditions
• Performed reactor startups and shutdowns while monitoring plant parameters to ensure reactor safety
• Responsibilities included taking action in the event of abnormal conditions to ensure operating limits were not exceeded and personnel safety was not jeopardized
• Performed vital part of the testing for initial criticality and power range testing on a new submarine reactor
• Selected to be the propulsion plant operator for the ship's first Operation Reactor Safeguards Exam out of 10 qualified Propulsion Plant Operators based upon knowledge and operational expertise.
• Troubleshot and resolved equipment failures to reduce operational disruption.
• Diagnosed and repaired complex faults within target timeframes.

• Conduct experiments related to various research projects
• Record and evaluate data in accordance with requested methods
• Prepare various laboratory buffers and reagents
• Maintained cell cultures and procured samples from specimens.

Over 200 hours of classroom and hands-on training on the design of the virginia-class attack submarine as well as getting familiar with Instrumentation and Control equipment and reactor protection systems.

1400 hours of hands-on training on an operational reactor. The curriculum included detailed health physics training, design, operation, and maintenance of electronics systems for the NPTU, nuclear watch-standing procedures, and nuclear casualty procedures.

1000 hours on a curriculum that consisted of a higher level mathematics (Calculus) refresher course, introduction to nuclear propulsion systems, Navy nuclear mechanical, electrical, and electronics system design, reactor theory, health physics, basic materials science, and chemistry as it applies to nuclear power plants.

The curriculum included a mathematics refresher course, basic electronics theory, analog electronics theory, digital electronics theory, and instrumentation and control equipment theory and maintenance.

Bachelor of Arts in Biology with minor in Entomology with a cumulative GPA: 3.14.