Maxwell E. Johnson

Lead radiation safety and protection initiatives at Hope Creek Generating Station, ensuring strict compliance with regulatory standards and industry best practices. Oversee personnel, strategic planning, and execution of radiation protection measures to maintain a safe work environment.

Online Supervision

• Serves as the Radiation Protection Department’s Performance Indicator Data Steward, responsible for compiling and reporting monthly radiation exposure data to INPO.
• Coordination with multiple work groups to execute routine and emergent maintenance activities efficiently.
• Provide leadership and guidance to a team of 25 personnel, ensuring adherence to radiation safety protocols.
• Supervised the execution of key maintenance and repair operations, including:
  -Five waterbox leak repairs
  -TCV repairs
  -Steam piping leak repairs
  -Offgas leak search and repairs
• Managed special projects such as the irradiated hardware campaign and C condensate polisher liner replacement, ensuring timely completion and regulatory compliance.

Outage Supervision

H1R25 – Turbine Building Supervision

• Supervised the entire turbine building during the outage, ensuring strict contamination control and radiation protection.
• Oversaw high-risk maintenance activities, including:
  -Removal and sandblasting of HP and LP turbine blades
  -High contamination work on MSSVs and TCVs
  -Operations within all three condenser hotwells and waterboxes

S2R27 – ALARA and Auxiliary Building Supervision

• Served as ALARA supervisor, managing radiation exposure optimization efforts.
• Led supervision in the auxiliary building, overseeing critical maintenance tasks such as:
  -15 year LDHX end bell removal and repair
  -RHR pump replacement
  -2CV-52 valve replacement
  -Three resin sluices and two resin filter replacements
  -Multiple responses to PCEs and PEIs

S1R30 – Auxiliary Building Supervision

• Directed radiation safety operations in the auxiliary building, ensuring safe execution of high-exposure tasks.
• Supervised major maintenance activities, including:
  -Multiple valve breaches and replacements, including 1SJ-70 valve breach
  -Charging pump bearing replacements
  -Crud burst support operations
  -Resin sluicing and filter replacements
  -Multiple responses to PCEs and PEIs

• Led and assisted multiple response teams through reactor accident response drills.
• Participated in planning for multiple worst case radiological emergency scenarios, providing highly valued input from years of experience.
• Aided in training members of the radiological emergency response organization.
• Performed four reactor accident response drills, resulting in high marks and closure of improvement items for the organization.
• Trained 19 members of various response teams, leading to a continued and fully staffed response organization.

• Provided supervision of organizational and depot level maintenance on naval nuclear propulsion plants to ensure procedural adherence and first-time quality; performed and documented contamination and radiation surveys, collected and analyzed air samples, operated gross radioactivity measuring instruments.
• Provided job coverage of moderate and highly complex radiological work and performed in depth radiological surveys of work areas and systems to help establish and update the radiological status of submarines during maintenance availability periods.
• Inventoried, maintained, and aided in revisions to nuclear publications and technical manuals for the radiological controls division.
• Led a team of technicians during 11 highly detailed sets of radiological surveys, leading to the timely start of seven submarine refit periods and the ability to provide oversight for three waterfront assets.
• Performed radiological oversight during a dual media discharge, a nuclear instrument detector replacement, five nuclear valve repairs, and nine ships radiological maintenance items.
• Assisted the radiological controls innovation team in transferring paper survey packaging to electronic packaging resulting in the electronic integration of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard's survey records.
• Completed 247 radioactive material transfers and stood 318 hours of control point area watch, resulting in minimized radiation exposure to 250 shipyard employees and timely engineering resolution for work controls.
• Mentored and assisted in the qualification process for 16 radiological controls technicians, helping eight to qualify ahead of schedule and increasing the division's flexibility.

• Analyzed chemistry on pure water for use during naval ships overhaul and maintenance periods.
• Trained to follow strict analyzation procedures and techniques to ensure highly accurate results for pH, conductivity, silica, chlorides, and oils/suspended solids/colors analyses.
• Performed maintenance on analyzation equipment to ensure long continued use and proper function.
• Performed over 60 analyses, resulting in the delivery of 24,000 gallons of grade 'A' pure water.
• Performed two observed analyses during the Nuclear Regional Maintenance Department annual audit performed by NAVSEA resulting in high remarks for the program.

• Supervised radiological controls and performed reactor plant and steam plant all-volatile chemistry control functions and associated analyses; operated and performed organizational level maintenance on two of the Navy's newest and most advanced automated chemistry analysis systems for both aircraft carrier nuclear propulsion plants.
• Managed a work center comprised of seven sailors through a transition period from operational warship into a dry-docking maintenance period, and insured the propulsion plant was maintained in an exemplary, inspection ready status, which directly led to success in two Type Commander Assessments and one United States Fleet Forces Command Examination.
• Coordinated with six other Reactor Department divisions to flawlessly execute a NAVSEA required report while maintaining a divisional equipment deficiency database.
• Managed the equipment deficiency program for the division, performed 10 inspections, and cleared 100 deficiencies which led to increased readiness.
• Provided casualty response and supervisory command and control for several radiological spills and chemistry casualties.
• Maintained the quarterly data report, spill material history, and the divisional material condition assessment program.
• Provided supervisory coverage for 72 radiological maintenance items, including a highly complex special radiochemistry sample and the replacement and calibration of eight failed dissolved gas analyzers.
• Performed over 260 hours of maintenance on automated chemistry analysis systems.