Casey Spitz
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Richland, WA 99352
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Biography
Casey Spitz joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2017 as a part of the Energy and Environment Directorate. His primary roles since joining the lab have been as a risk analyst and a data analyst. More recently, he has been involved in modeling with various computational fluid dynamics packages. Projects he has worked on include:
- Development of a software suite to support the project risk analysis process
- Data analysis of the ENSA/DOE Multi-Modal Transportation Test
- Project risk analysis for the USHPRR Conversion project
- Project risk analysis for various building/acquisition projects at PNNL
- Thermal hydraulics modeling in Fluent and STAR-CCM+
Research Interests
- Data analysis
- Modeling
- Programming
Education and Credentials
- B.S., Engineering Physics, Colorado School of Mines
- M.E., Nuclear Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Awards and Recognitions
- 2018 - United States Department of Energy: The Secretary of Energy Achievement Award. "International Multi-Modal Surrogate Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Test Team"
PNNL Publications
2022
- Klymyshyn N.A., K. Kadooka, C.J. Spitz, and J.F. Fitzpatrick. 2022. "AN ESTIMATE OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL MECHANICAL LOADS IN THE GENERAL 30 CM PACKAGE DROP SCENARIO." In Proceedings of the ASME 2022 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference, July 17-22, 2022, Las Vegas, NV, 5, Paper No: PVP2022-84353, V005T07A028. New York, New York:American Society of Mechanical Engineers. PNNL-SA-169775. doi:10.1115/PVP2022-84353
- Suffield S.R., P.J. Jensen, W.A. Perkins, B.J. Jensen, C.L. Grant, and C.J. Spitz. 2022. "OVERVIEW OF PARTICLE DEPOSITION MODELS FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL STORAGE SYSTEMS." In Proceedings of the ASME 2022 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference, July 17-22, 2022, Las Vegas, NV, 5, Paper No: PVP2022-83982, V005T07A025. New York, New York:American Society of Mechanical Engineers. PNNL-SA-169743. doi:10.1115/PVP2022-83982
2021
- Klymyshyn N.A., C.J. Spitz, P. Ivanusa, K. Kadooka, and J.F. Fitzpatrick. 2021. "Spent Nuclear Fuel Mechanical Loads in the General Package Drop Scenario." In Proceedings of the ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP 2021), July 13-15, 2021, Virtual, Online, 5, Paper No: PVP2021-61617, V005T07A026. New York, New York:ASME. PNNL-SA-159024. doi:10.1115/PVP2021-61617
2020
- Klymyshyn N.A., K. Kadooka, P. Ivanusa, and C.J. Spitz. 2020. "MECHANICAL SHOCK AND VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL CARRIED BY THE ATLAS RAILCAR." In Proceedings of the ASME 2020 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP 2020), August 3, 2020, Virtual, Online, 8, Paper No. v008t08a035. New York, New York:American Society of Mechanical Engineers. PNNL-SA-150565.
- Unwin S.D., D. Calderin Morales, B.C. Simpson, C.J. Spitz, A. Veeramany, J.A. Gastelum, and C.T. Maloney. 2020. "An Improved Risk Priority Measure for the Management of Project Risk." In ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition IMECE2020, November 16-19, 2020, Virtual, Online, 14, Paper No: IMECE2020-23917, V014T14A019. New York, New York:ASME. PNNL-SA-152881. doi:10.1115/IMECE2020-23917
2019
- Ivanusa P., N.A. Klymyshyn, K. Kadooka, and C.J. Spitz. 2019. "THE SHOCK AND VIBRATION ENVIRONMENT FOR USED NUCLEAR FUEL TRANSPORTATION MODELING." In International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019), April14-18, 2019, Knoxville, TN, 226 - 234. La Grange Park, Illinois:American Nuclear Society. PNNL-SA-140414.
- Kadooka K., P. Ivanusa, N.A. Klymyshyn, W. Shust, and C.J. Spitz. 2019. "Railcar Dynamics Model of the ENSA/DOE Multimodal Transportation Campaign Rail Conveyance System." In International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2019 (IHLRWM 2019), April14-18, 2019, Knoxville, TN, 152-158. La Grange Park, Illinois:American Nuclear Society. PNNL-SA-140413.
- Klymyshyn N.A., P. Ivanusa, K. Kadooka, and C.J. Spitz. 2019. "MODELING SHOCK AND VIBRATION ON USED NUCLEAR FUEL DURING NORMAL CONDITIONS OF TRANSPORTATION." In Proceedings of the ASME 2019 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP 2019), July 14-19, 2019, San Antonio, TX, 7, Paper No: PVP2019-93619, V007T07A027. New York, New York:ASME. PNNL-SA-140861. doi:10.1115/PVP2019-93619
- Klymyshyn N.A., P. Ivanusa, K. Kadooka, C.J. Spitz, E.D. Irick, P.J. Jensen, and S.B. Ross, et al. 2019. Structural Dynamic Analysis of Spent Nuclear Fuel. PNNL-29150. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Structural Dynamic Analysis of Spent Nuclear Fuel