David Donaghy

Experience

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  Forestry Commission

  Mar 2010 - Sept 2011

  Recreation Ranger

  Responsible for safety and enjoyment of public visiting Forestry Commission site. Responding to injuries as qualified first aider, welcoming visitors to site, promoting Forestry Commission events.

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  EDF Energy

  Sept 2012 - Aug 2022

  Responsible for a team of around 20 technical training experts providing training, assessment and further support to all UK nuclear power stations (PWR and AGR). Responsible for managing and delivering in depth training programmes to operations, engineering and technical staff, including reactor operators, simulator instructors and shift managers.During this post grew the teams output from around 30 thousand training hours to around 45 thousand, whilst improving the quality and relevance of training delivered. Show less Reactor Physics:Part of a team giving advice to operators on control rod movements and other plant maneuvers that can improve reactor performance, ensure compliance with numerous safety limits and make predictions of reactor power. Carrying out assessments to predict criticality, Xenon transients, fuel burnup, decay heats, shutdown margins, fission gas pressures and all other major physical processes related to advanced gas cooled reactor physics. Safety Case: Part of a team responsible maintaining station safety through; giving operational advice; writing and reviewing technical specifications; completing fault studies and periodic safety reviews; authoring and reviewing modification proposals to plant items, safety case structure, procedures; and more. Show less Attachments across three power stations within Maintenance, Technical and Safety, Operations and Engineering and an attachment at EDF Energy head office within Fuel Route Systems. Supplemented by training and experience in leading successful teams, communicating with influence and championing change and improvement.Learnt a great deal about engineering, the nuclear industry, safety, communication, teamwork and business acumen, and built connections and relationships with colleagues across EDF Energy. Show less

  • Technical Training Group Head (UK Nuclear Fleet)

    Dec 2019 - Aug 2022

  • PWR/EPR Operations Instructor

    Mar 2018 - Dec 2019

  • Performance Improvement/ AGR Operations Instructor

    Sept 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Operations Engineer (Nuclear Reactor Operator, Senior Authorised Person)

    Jul 2014 - Sept 2017

  • Nuclear Safety Engineer/ Reactor Physicist

    Sept 2013 - Jul 2014

  • Nuclear Science and Engineering Graduate Scheme

    Sept 2012 - Aug 2013
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  Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

  Aug 2013 - Sept 2013

  Project Engineering Placement

  Involved in project to remove fuel from Dounreay fast breeder reactor. Between 2004 and 2007 £20 million worth of tooling (such as manipulator arms, grabs, milling tools) was designed and made based on estimations and assumptions made about the reactor's condition. Following draining of the liquid metal coolant many of these assumptions were found to be invalid. I was involved in reconfiguring, redesigning, reengineering and preparing for operation this and potentially new tooling based on the information we now have about the reactor's condition. Show less

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  EDF

  Aug 2022 - now

  Operations Engineer - Hinkley Point B

  After almost 5 years in training I’m thrilled to be getting back to the sharp end as an Operations Engineer at Hinkley Point B, responsible for control and supervision of the UK’s most successful nuclear reactors as they move towards the end of their operation