Nuclear Advisory & Project Engineering
FlyFission Consulting Group guides mission-critical nuclear programs from idea to implementation with clarity, safety, and execution discipline. Based in Greenville, South Carolina, the practice provides independent design review, project engineering foresight, and defensible design for DOE, NNSA, NRC, and commercial nuclear projects. It specializes in untangling regulatory complexity, pressure-testing design logic, and clearing roadblocks to keep capital projects on schedule and compliant under scrutiny.
Ben HufferFounder & Principal Consultant
Comprehensive early-phase planning, feasibility evaluations, and strategic consulting to optimize nuclear program viability.
Thorough technical vetting to ensure project viability, compliance, and risk posture before commitments are made.
Identify weaknesses in scope, execution, or compliance and chart a path to fix them fast.
Objective comparison of design and execution paths to support cost-effective, compliant choices.
Evaluate the real-world viability of nuclear concepts before capital, compliance, or other commitments.
Optimize design without compromising safety, function, or mission objectives.
Identify risks early and chart strategies to minimize technical, cost, schedule, and compliance impacts.
Independent oversight, design reviews, and owner's engineering to ensure technical accuracy and execution discipline.
Unbiased evaluations to catch blind spots, strengthen designs, and support confident decisions.
Acting as the owner's representative to ensure execution aligns with intent, specification, and safety requirements.
Developing rigorous, compliant bases of design, safety cases, and custom nuclear facility engineering solutions.
Support across the full lifecycle for Safety Significant and Safety Class systems under rigorous QA programs.
Navigate codes, standards, and regulatory strategy with confidence, especially when they collide.
Developing clear, defensible bases to anchor safety cases, regulatory approval, and engineering integrity.
Synthesizing complex technical material into clear and compliant documentation.
Turn dense technical content into clear, credible reports that withstand scrutiny.
Nuclear · Federal
Savannah River Site, SC · Nuclear · Client: Department of Energy Contractor
Supported the engineering design and installation of safety-related systems and critical nuclear infrastructure on several large capital line-item projects.
Nuclear · Client: Department of Energy
Worked closely with the Federal Project Director to author the project Conceptual Design Report and Design Management Plan, successfully closing out a critical stage gate.