Douglas G Bowen

Bio

Dr. Douglas G. Bowen is the Section Head of Nuclear Data, Criticality Safety, and Radiation Transport groups within the Nuclear Fission and Fuel Cycle Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He has more than 28 years of experience in Nuclear Criticality Safety in various capacities, including line management, and has B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Nuclear Engineering from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Bowen worked as a nuclear engineer at IT Corporation for 3 years, worked as an NCS engineer at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) for USEC, Inc., in Paducah, KY, for about 4 years, worked as an NCS engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for more than 11 years, and worked in the Nuclear Data and Criticality Safety Group at ORNL since 2012. Dr. Bowen also serves as the Program Execution Manager support for the DOE/NNSA Nuclear Criticality Safety Program and works with Dr. Angela Chambers (NNSA NA-511) and a small management team to execute the program on a daily basis. 

Awards

American Nuclear Society Standards Service Award (2022)

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Distinguished Service Award (2018)

American Nuclear Society Standards Service Award (2022)

ANS Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Distinguished Service Award (2018)

Distinguished Performance Award, LANL (2009, 2010)

Achievement Award, LANL (2004-2008)

Award of Excellence, LANL (2007)

Defense Programs Award of Excellence (2005-2006)

Yucca Mountain Project Achievement Award (2003)

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2015

Dissertation: “Space-time Kinetics of the AGN-201M Research Reactor at the University of New Mexico”

Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, 1997

Thesis: “The Coupling of ORIGEN and MCNP for Reactor Core and Spent Fuel Criticality Analyses”

This work was funded by the Duke Power Company. 

Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, 1995

Professional Service

American Nuclear Society (ANS), member (1994 - Present)

Chairman, ANS Subcommittee 8 on NCS (2017-Present)

Observer, ANS Standards Board (2020-Present)

Ex Officio member of the DOE Criticality Safety Support Group and DOE Criticality Safety Coordinating Team

Convener, ISO Technical Committee (TC) 85, Subcommittee (SC) 5, Working Group (WG) 8 “Nuclear Criticality Safety” (2014-Present)

Deputy Overall Advisor, ISO TC85/SC5/WG8 for US ANSI/ASTM Nuclear Technical Advisory Group (2014-Present)

Vice Chairman, ANS Subcommittee 8 on NCS (2015-2017)

Chairman, ANS Nuclear Criticality Safety Division (2011-2012)

Co-Chairman, ANSI/ANS-8.1 standard for NCS in Fissionable Material Operations Outside of Reactors (2005-2017)

Member of the following ANS-8 consensus standard working groups:

• ANSI/ANS-8.1 standard for NCS in Fissionable Material Operations Outside of Reactors (2001-Present)
• ANSI/ANS-8.10 standard for Criteria for Nuclear Criticality Safety Controls in Operations with Shielding and Confinement Working Group (2013-Present)
• ANSI/ANS-8.26 standard for Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer Training and Qualifications (2020-Present)
• ANSI/ANS-8.28 standard for Administrative Practices for the Use of NDA Measurements for Nuclear Criticality Safety Working Group (2014-Present)

Instructor for:

• DOE/NNSA NCS Training and Education Course Coordinator and instructor for the 1- and 2-week hands-on NCS courses (2010-Present)
• University of New Mexico Nuclear Criticality Safety Short Course (2013-2020)
• Lecturer, NE-543 – Nuclear Criticality Safety, University of Tennessee (2013-2017)

American Nuclear Society (ANS), member (1994 - Present)

Publications