Bio
Dr. Georgeta Radulescu is a Senior Research and Development Staff member in the Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Cycle Analysis Group, Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where she has been employed since 2005. Her technical expertise includes shielding analyses for advanced reactors, spent nuclear fuel storage systems, and transportation packages, nuclear fuel depletion calculations and radiation source term generation, depletion code validations for commercial spent nuclear fuel burnup credit applications, and neutron cross-section sensitivity and uncertainty analyses. Georgeta’s prior work experience includes working as a nuclear engineer on shielding analyses and design for waste packages, fuel handling facilities, and emplacement drifts at the Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, NV, and working as a research scientist at the 14-MW TRIGA Research Reactor, Pitesti, Romania. Georgeta has an M.S. degree in Engineering Physics from University of Bucharest and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Texas at Austin.
Awards
2013: ORNL Significant Event Reward for “Development of Technical Basis for NRC Regulatory Guidance to Enable Expanded Utilization of High-Capacity Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Transportation Systems;” Team: J. M. Scaglione, G. Radulescu, I. C. Gauld, D. E. Mueller, G. Illas, W. J. Marshall, and J. C. Wagner.
2021: Copyright Award for "Used Nuclear Fuel-Storage, Transportation & Disposal Analysis Resource and Data System (UNF-ST&DARDS) 4.x." Team: K. Banerjee, J. B. Clarity, R. M. Cumberland, R. A. Lefebvre, H. K. Liljenfeldt, L. P. Miller, G. Radulescu, K. R. Robb, and J. M. Scaglione.
Professional Service
Chair of the ANSI/ANS-19.3.4, The Determination of Thermal Energy Deposition Rates in Nuclear Reactors, Standard Working Group
Professional Affiliations
American Nuclear Society