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Curriculum Vitae
David Bates CEng. MIMechE. APMP
I am a Chartered Engineer with an extensive background in the UK nuclear industry through
employment with client and contractor organisations including NNC Ltd, Nuclear Electric,
BNFL, DRDL, UKAEA, BNG, Jacobs Engineering, ABS Consulting and Magnox Ltd. My
involvement has been across a broad range of the activities that compose the life cycle of
facilities across the breadth of the UK nuclear industry.
EXPERIENCE:
Magnox Ltd: Senior Project Engineer, Sizewell A.
Active Effluent Treatment Plant refurbishment/upgrade project. Contractor supervision, Work
Order and Risk Assessment preparation: modification documentation; project Technical
Specifications.
Magnox Ltd: Project Engineer, Bradwell.
ILW resin and sludge retrieval and packaging project - technically co-ordinating and expediting
the delivery of the projects from design through procurement, construction into commissioning
and successful operations:
 On Site project delivery
 Management of engineering delivery of site enabling work for project installation.
 Preparation of maintenance of the programme schedule; project Technical Specifications;
modification documentation.
 Management of project interfaces and programme integration.
 Preparation of project commissioning strategy, oversight and supervision of the test
programme.
Magnox South: Project Engineer, Sizewell A.
Engineering technical support for the Systems & Structures Preservation Projects: Contractor
supervision, Work Order and Risk Assessment preparation: modification documentation; project
Technical Specifications.
Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd: Project Engineer, Magnox South, Dungeness A.
Engineering technical support for the Systems & Structures Preservation Projects.
Preparation of decommissioning project commissioning strategies:
 Sludge retrieval, processing and disposal.
 Site Electrical Overlay System
ABS Consulting: Project Engineer, Derby.
Project support to a Rolls-Royce Safety Case campaign for the Royal Navy nuclear submarine
programme. Development and establishment of the:
 Interface Management Arrangements.
 Safety Case Implementation Plan.

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Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd:
Project Engineer, Magnox South, Dungeness A:
Provision of engineering technical support for the following projects:
 ILW Storage Augmentation Project (ILW Ministore): Preparation of Commissioning
Strategy Document, associated documentation and QA Plan. Scoping and defining the
test programme logic, identifying the testing required by the Safety Case.
 Liquor Storage Tank Characterisation Project: Preparation of tank characterisation and
inspection reports for ILW storage tanks.
British Energy, Sizewell B:
A member of the Jacobs UK team fulfilling the following roles:
Project Engineer, ILW resin handling and storage project.
 Origination of the commissioning strategy, testing scope and programme.
 Preparation and delivery of the suite of commissioning test documentation.
 Station personnel/Off-site design team interface management.
Quality Interface Engineer.
 Generation of top tier Quality Assurance arrangements for the project portfolio.
 Oversight of quality documentation delivering expectations and requirements.
 Provision of advice and guidance on procedural compliance.
 Point of contact interface with British Energy for quality matters.
Design Lead Engineer, British Nuclear Group, Bradwell.
Front end design and specification for LLW Management Facility and FED Dissolution Plant
including Statement of Requirements, Design Risk Assessment and Functional Specification.
British EnergyGeneration Ltd: Project Engineer, Sizewell B.
Refurbishment and technical upgrade of Encapsulation Machine and ILW waste processing
facilities. Responsible for Contractor/Station interface issues.
UKAEA: Engineering Substantiation Project Engineer, Dounreay.
Project and progress control management of engineering substantiation for identified UKAEA
facilities. Delivery of the Engineering Substantiation assessments:
 Task scope specification for contractor organisations.
 Contractual and financial issues management.
 Proposal technical content, programme and price assessment and scope agreement.
 Management of projects following award to completion.
 Co-ordination of internal and external interfaces with stakeholders.
 Management of document suite production for several facilities in parallel.
 Multi-discipline co-ordination using specific technical specialist advice as necessary.
Management of Independent Peer Review activities for Safety Case support documentation.
DML: Safety Engineer, Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd.
Nuclear submarine refit facility project. Assessment and review of test documentation to ensure
Safety Case functional performance claims and requirements were adequately addressed.
UKAEA: Commissioning Support Engineer, Dounreay.
Fast Reactor liquid metal alloy coolant (NaK) Disposal Plant (NDP) project team:
 Review of contractor design submissions.
 Project programme development.
 Setting out and documenting commissioning arrangements and commissioning strategy.

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British Nuclear Fuels plc: Commissioning Project Engineer, Waste Retrieval &
Decommissioning, Risley.
Pre-commissioning commencement activities for the Sellafield Drypac Plant project interfacing
with project design teams:
 Preparation of commissioning strategy documentation.
 Test schedule specification and commissioning test programme logic.
 Commissioning management arrangements.
 Assessment of plant design and layout to enable and facilitate commissioning activities.
Nuclear Electric plc:
Project Engineer, Waste and Decommissioning Group, Barnwood, Sep 1996 - Dec 1996:
 Solid waste management engineering and technical support.
 Technical manager for ILW packaging development and mobile waste solidification plant.
 Management of drum procurement contract.
Engineer, Projects and Station Support Department, Sizewell B:
 Project and engineering support following station handover.
 Completion of outstanding commissioning activities.
 Specification, management and acceptance of work carried out by contractors.
 Organisation and control of warranty work during first refuelling outage.
Commissioning Test TeamLeader, PWR Project Group, Sizewell B:
Lead engineer for Solid Waste Management Systems start-up and commissioning: Resin
Transfer System, Encapsulation machine, filter handling equipment, hoists, cranes, Waste Store
manipulator and Decontamination System.
Setting to work and performance testing from construction handover to operator take-over:
 Specification of handover requirements from construction.
 Detailed planning preparation within the overall planning function.
 Operation of test team interfaces with internal / external organisations.
 Organisation, management and direction of a multi-discipline test team.
 Ensuring appropriate resource levels.
 Completion of test programmes.
 Operator training within the test teams.
 Satisfying customer acceptance criteria to operate the plant.
Site Commissioning Engineer, Sizewell B:
 Commissioning documentation preparation.
 Development of commissioning test programmes.
 Review and comment on project test documentation submissions.
NNC Ltd:
Systems Engineer, Technical Services & SafetyDept., Knutsford:
Assessment of operator actions to restore overside services to vessels in normal and fault
conditions for facilities at HMNB Rosyth.
Systems Engineer, Reliability Analysis, PWR Systems, Knutsford:
 Fault tree analysis for beyond design basis conditions for the Sizewell B PWR examining
potential modes of failure of individual essential safety systems.
 Feasibility study for the Sellafield combined cycle power station assessing overall
availabilities from loss of plant and service systems.

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Commissioning Engineer, Heysham 2:
 Preparation of commissioning test procedures for Heysham 2 & Torness.
 Planning and execution of testing and initial plant operation.
 Organisation and direction of test team members.
 Preparation and issue of commissioning test reports.
Mechanical Design Engineer, Architect Engineers Dept, Knutsford:
 Engineering design of AGR post trip cooling systems.
 Preparation of specifications, substantiation and system design documentation.
 Assessment of contractor design submissions.
 Plant layout and area co-ordination.