Wolfgang Neckel

Senior Engineer and Team Lead

Wolfgang Neckel

Radioactive Waste Management | Documentation | Instrumentation | Radiation Protection

I lead documentation, instrumentation, and radiation protection workstreams in radioactive waste management, with long-term responsibility across technical operations, process digitalization, and reporting quality.

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About

Professional Summary

I am a Senior Research Engineer and Team Lead at Nuclear Engineering Seibersdorf GmbH, with more than two decades of experience in radioactive waste management environments. My work combines project-management and engineering practice with structured documentation and reliable reporting.

My focus is the practical execution of regulated engineering work: defining clear procedures, improving process transparency, and supporting safe disposal and inventory reporting workflows.

Core Expertise

Engineering and Leadership Focus

Waste Management

Operational radioactive waste management and disposal-aligned workflows.

Radiation Protection

Safety-critical process alignment in regulated environments.

Instrumentation

Setup, calibration, characterization measurements, and reporting.

Documentation Systems

Process documentation architecture and digitalization of reporting workflows.

Data & Cost Models

Database migration (MS SQL Server / MS Access) and cost calculations.

Team Leadership

Delivery ownership for documentation, instrumentation, and radiation protection teams.

Technical Highlights

Selected Work

  • Instrumentation Setup and Safety Assessments

    Led instrumentation setup projects on site, including writing safety assessment documentation.

  • Disposal and Inventory Reporting

    Contributed to disposal-related activities and radioactive waste inventory reporting.

  • Process Documentation Digitalization

    Drove digitalization of process documentation and added reporting functions and tools.

  • Database Development and Migration

    Developed and migrated databases using MS SQL Server and MS Access.

  • Interim Storage Acceptance Criteria

    Wrote waste-acceptance criteria for interim storage.

  • Waste Management Cost and Price Calculations

    Performed waste management cost and price calculations using top-down and bottom-up approaches.

  • ASTRA Reactor Decommissioning Support

    Supported clearance measurements for decommissioning of the ASTRA research reactor (completed 2006).

  • Java Gamma Activity Analysis Tool

    Developed a Java analysis tool for gamma activity distribution in waste drums for clearance homogeneity assessment.

Career Timeline

Work Experience

Senior Research Engineer

Nuclear Engineering Seibersdorf GmbH | May 2021-Present | Seibersdorf, Lower Austria (On-site)

Team lead for Documentation, Instrumentation and Radiation Protection in the Radioactive Waste Management department. Also working on disposal of radioactive waste and inventory reports.

Teamleiter / Team Lead

Nuclear Engineering Seibersdorf GmbH | Oct 2013-Present

Team lead for Documentation, Instrumentation and Radiation Protection. Also worked on digitalization of process documentation, adding reporting functions and tools.

Engineer

Nuclear Engineering Seibersdorf GmbH | Jan 2011-Sep 2013

Database development and migration (MS SQL Server / MS Access), writing waste-acceptance criteria for interim storage, cost and price calculations, and company website responsibility.

Wissenschaftlich-technischer Mitarbeiter

Nuclear Engineering Seibersdorf GmbH | Jan 2006-Dec 2010

Project lead for instrumentation setup on site (including safety assessment), gamma spectrometry, clearance measurements, characterization of radioactive waste (IGS, SGS, TGS), calibration, and reporting.

Independent Contractor

Seibersdorf | Feb 2005-Dec 2005

Developed and implemented a Java analysis tool to show gamma activity distribution inside a waste drum for clearance homogeneity assessment.

Trainer

Seminar Zentrum Mariahilf | Mar 1997-Oct 2002 | Vienna

IT trainer for Windows and Internet, HTML, and web publishing courses in German and English.

Education

Certifications and Education

University of Vienna

Graduated from the University of Vienna with a Magister rerum naturalium (Mag. rer. nat.) in Physics in 2004. The degree program focused on advanced topics in material physics and computational methods. The diploma thesis, conducted at the Institute of Materials Physics, explored atomic twin structure models and ab-initio calculations of twin boundary energies in martensitic NiTi alloys. In September 2004, the final diploma examination was completed with distinction. In February 2005, academic excellence was further recognized with the award of a Merit Scholarship under the Austrian Student Support Act (Studienförderungsgesetz 2004) from the University of Vienna.

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Interested in collaboration, technical exchange, or project discussion in radioactive waste management and radiation protection.