Robert Gamble, Ph.D
Robert Gamble, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Engineering, joined NuScale Power in 2016. In his current role, Dr. Gamble is responsible for the design of the NuScale Structures, Systems and Components, Nuclear Safety Analysis, Core Design and Analysis, Testing, Code Development and Engineering Support Programs.
Dr. Gamble has over 35 years of experience in the energy industry, a majority of which involved the development and licensing of new nuclear plants. He led major portions of the international technology program and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) pre-application review for GE’s ESBWR Gen 3 light water reactor. Subsequently, Dr. Gamble led design finalization and design certification application for the NRC. Prior to this, he worked on design and licensing activities on the GE ABWR and SBWR light water reactors. Before working on LWRs, Dr. Gamble focused on the development of the sodium-cooled ALMR and S-PRISM fast reactors, as well as the Lithium cooled SP-100 space reactor, developing key aspects of the thermal hydraulic systems and technology development infrastructure.
As vice president of Mechanical Design and Analysis Group, Dr. Gamble and his staff were responsible for the design and analysis of reactor pressure vessels, internals and piping, structural and vibrations analysis, seismic and dynamic analysis, fracture mechanics, and emergent outage work including diagnoses, evaluation, repair and replacement of all vessel hardware for the global operating fleet of GE BWRs.
Dr. Gamble comes to NuScale from AREVA Solar where he completed design, construction, commissioning, and startup of a 125MWe thermal solar plant as the vice president of Engineering and general manager for North America Operations.
Dr. Gamble received his Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from UC Berkeley and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School AREVA Executive Management Training Program.