Nate Glunt

Background

About Nate Glunt

Principal Technical Leader within the Pressurized Water Reactor Materials Reliability Program (MRP) at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The objective of the MRP is to resolve existing and emerging PWR materials performance, safety, reliability, operational and regulatory issues. My research focus within MRP includes Extremely Low Probability of Rupture (xLPR) applications and Reactor Pressure Vessel Supports. Prior to joining EPRI, I was a Design Engineer at V.C. Summer Unit 1 with responsibility for piping design basis oversight and plant modification design and implementation. Additional responsibilities included thermal fatigue program management and operational transient monitoring for ASME Class I components. I also have experience as a Senior Fracture Mechanics Engineer with Westinghouse Electric Company specializing in flaw evaluation support for nuclear power plants. I was responsible for performing structural integrity and crack growth evaluations for nuclear power plant piping, nozzles, vessels, head penetrations, and associated welds based on the ASME Section XI code. An additional area of focus was mitigation methods for primary water stress corrosion cracking.