Bio
Robert Allgood of Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is manager of US ITER’s tokamak exhaust processing system. He is responsible for technical direction as well as programmatic oversight for this system. In this role he oversees project activities and staff at the Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina, which serves as the steward of the nation’s tritium processing technologies.
Robert has more than 25 years of tritium experience in roles of increasing responsibility. These roles were primarily focused on management of tritium plant operations and maintenance including tritium safety specifications and compliance, tritium recycling and purification, and tritium handling and accountancy. Additionally, Robert was responsible for several successful tritium projects within the Savannah River Site Tritium Facility and the Savannah River National Laboratory. His positions have included systems engineer, shift technical engineer, shift operations manager, and tritium process/shift engineering manager. Prior to joining US ITER, Robert was the manager of the Hydrogen Processing Group at SRNL from 2016 to 2020, followed by a one-year assignment as the design authority manager for the SRNL Tritium Finishing Facility.
Robert has held two career-broadening assignments where he gained expertise that he applies at US ITER. He was on a special assignment for two years in Cadarache, France, working for the ITER Organization as the responsible officer for systems integration, and he held a one-year assignment as operations engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Mixed Oxide Facility (MOX).
Robert holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental and hazardous materials management from the University of Maryland and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of South Carolina.