Peter Henderson

Peter is a DPhil Physicist who has held a research position at the University of Ulster while working at the Northern Ireland Centre for Energy Research and Technology. This work involved a number of European sponsored projects, investigating a series of environmental issues. Since joining Nexia Solutions, Peter has worked on BNFL-BNG projects including strategy development, new build engineering projects and evaluation of improvement schemes on operating plants. As an experienced Task Manager with strong analytical and problem solving skills, he has experience of successfully completing projects from initial concept to implementation on plant.

Prior to joining Nexia Solutions, Peter spent five years working for the Northern Ireland Centre for Energy Research and Technology (NICERT) as a research assistant. He was involved in a project investigating replacement CFC refrigerants and lubricants. This entailed the construction and operation of test rigs and the development of 3D computer simulations plus the modelling of thermodynamic effects.

Also, while working at NICERT, Peter completed work packages for local Northern Ireland companies (Spanboard and B9 Energy), investigating biomass energy generation in Combined Heat and Power (CHP).

Peter has an Honours Degree in Physical Electronics and a DPhil (Thermodynamics)

His main areas of expertise are: 

• Plant operational performance analysis and modelling 
• Operational data development for design purposes, including equipment reliability prediction 
• Manufacturing process improvement identification 
• Operational data collection and analysis 
• Broad analytical and problem solving skills 
• Delivering for the customer

Peter has four years nuclear industry experience gained while working for Nexia Solutions. Recent projects include:

• Technical lead for on multi-discipline projects, such as: 
  • Sellafield MOX Plant - Management of the SMP Capacity Model and Area Models
  • B209 Repack/SIRP - Management a series of high level models detailing the movement of
    storage cans and identifying the associated operational issues and risks
  • Sellafield Product and Residue Store - Management of the plant capacity model
• Development of both spreadsheet and dynamic computer models across the asset life cycle from
  design to operations: 
  • Detailed area models to assist SMP in quantifying the impact of improvement schemes 
  • Development of a Capacity model for SPRS to evaluate the proposed mechanical design and operating strategy 
  • Development of a high level strategy model as part of a Nuclear Decommissioning Authority project to evaluate a number of scenarios for the disposition of UK Pu product
• Equipment review through FMEA workshops for SPRS design team through facilitation work with multi-disciplinary engineering teams 

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