Benjamin Betzler

Benjamin Betzler has over 14 years of experience in nuclear engineering. Benjamin began their career in 2006 as a GIS Technician at P2 Energy Solutions. In 2008, they started as a Graduate Student Research Assistant and Instructor at the University of Michigan, where they simulated the Fort St. Vrain gas-cooled reactor with MCNP. In 2010, they began working as a Graduate Research Assistant at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where they calculated heat deposited in the HFIR reactivity control system with MCNP and analyzed the burnup of control cylinder absorbers and cladding with ORIGEN. From 2012 to 2014, they worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where they wrote a research Monte Carlo code in MATLAB. In 2014, they began working as an R&D Staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where they led the design and analysis thrust of the DOE-NE Transformational Challenge Reactor Program, collaborated on the Kairos Hermes pebble-bed reactor severe accident analysis and review assessment with the SCALE-MELCOR analysis toolset, and led a multi-laboratory effort to develop the DOE-NE Molten Salt Reactor Campaign modeling and simulation plan. In 2022, they began working as the Head of Nuclear Engineering at Radiant.

Benjamin Betzler obtained their Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences from the University of Michigan in 2008. Benjamin then went on to earn their Master of Science in Engineering in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences from the same university in 2010. Finally, they completed their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences from the University of Michigan in 2014.