Fleurdeliza de Peralta

Senior Advisor in the Risk and Environmental Assessment group, Energy and Environment Directorate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Washington

Fleurdeliza de Peralta is a Senior Advisor in the Risk and Environmental Assessment group in the Energy and Environment Directorate (EED) at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), in Richland, Washington. PNNL is operated by Battelle Memorial Institute for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Ms. de Peralta has over 35 years of professional experience in various projects involving design and operation of nuclear power plants; integration of renewable energy generating assets into electricity grids,  environmental assessments and NEPA analyses; cyber security programs, probabilistic risk assessments; fire protection programs and hydrogen safety. She supports projects in DOE, the Department of Defense, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the National Nuclear Security Administration.  

Prior to joining PNNL in 2014, she owned and operated an engineering services consulting firm for 25 years working with nuclear power plant licensees across the United States to comply with nuclear regulatory requirements.  She is the PNNL Project Manager for recently awarded DOE projects to collaborate with University of Guam in developing clean energy science (generation of hydrogen through seawater electrolysis) and assessing the use of ocean energy systems to supply power.

Ms. de Peralta lived in Guam throughout most of her childhood from 1968-1980 before her family moved to California. 

She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), with an emphasis in Thermal Science and Power Systems. She holds a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling degree from Argosy University, and Certificates in Engineering Management and Fire Protection Engineering from UCLA Extension and Cybersecurity for Information Systems from Harvard University’s Office of Vice Provost.  Ms. de Peralta is a licensed Professional Engineer (Mechanical) in the State of California.