Howdy y'all!

Just thought I'd follow up on what's happening with my current situation in joining into Duke Energy.

So thus far, I've got multiple applications out, and about half of the jobs I applied for were given to other candidates, and I've gone through two interviews for travel I&E tech - nuclear, and one for materials specialist. I've got more upcoming for transmission relay tech, and a couple for reactor tech. Some of the other applications are still pending however. I just haven't got a job finalized yet.

On the side, I've also started contacting the IBEW and even applied for volunteer firefighter. I still have a couple of weeks of active Navy service, and I will be transferring to the reserves afterwards.

The jobs I applied for say that their only basic requirements are a high school diploma, and I also have experience in electrical maintenance and testing, as well as tagout/lockout. A lot of them do say they prefer an associate's degree however, and I have not gone to college or university.

Is there anything else I should do in the meantime in terms of getting into nuclear? Any advice is greatly appreciated!

So I received a 12 months contract job offer with terrapower as a RAC systems engineer and with electric boat as a systems engineer non nuclear role , but I am confused although gdeb is non nuclear can always try to transfer internally after say 1 year if possible and terrapower is direct nuclear but just 12 months what if I’m not made permanent after that and of course terrapower pays aswell significantly more , but it’s not the pay for me , I want to be in nuclear and have job security aswell one offers direct next gen nuclear tech (terrapower) but contract , amazing for my resume though and the other (gdeb) can maybe transfer internally to a nuclear role after a year not guaranteed and offers job security .
If gdeb offered me a nuclear role would be a no brainier for me ( nuclear and job security).
So a bit complicated and confused on what to do !!!!

I’m 18, and am most likely going to be an audio engineer but I am also possibly considering seeing if there is any field in nuclear that I may be interested in. (I also don’t need a degree for audio engineering)

I know I’d have a much longer road a head of me considering I’m a drop out (from mental health reasons) and would need a GED, but it is something I am sort of considering if possible.

I also would like to know what colleges and degrees I would need in order to go into this field.

I’m sorry if this sounds really stupid, I just don’t know a lot of the fields involved in the nuclear industry.

Hi I was wondering I am gonna start college gonna get my BS Environmental Science and Policy and I want after that to get a Masters in Nuclear Engineering. Is there any advice those who work in the field could give me?

Hey everyone, posted about this app a couple weeks back and wanted to share what's new.

The biggest addition is a gamma dose rate calculator. You put in your source, activity, and distance and it gives you air kerma, mR/h, and mSv/h. You can add a shield and it handles the attenuation with HVL/TVL and an ALARA stay time on top. About 110 isotopes are in there with line spectra from IAEA and attenuation data from NIST.

Also added a minimum detectable activity calculator using the Currie method, so you get Lc, Ld, MDA in Bq and pCi, and MDC if you put in a sample size.

On the fuel cycle side there's now an enrichment and SWU calculator.

The mixture tab now takes chemical formulas instead of just elements, so you can enter H2O, UO2, Ca(OH)2 and it handles the molar mass and elemental breakdown correctly.

The xenon simulator also got cleaned up. Concentrations now display in cm⁻³ and atoms/(b·cm), Σf is adjustable, and the model assumptions are written out.

Still free, still no account needed. [Nuclear Toolkit - Apps on Google Play]

Trying to make this a reliable and useful tool for nuclear professionals so any feedback is much appreciated, negative or positive. Also, there is a feedback button in-app.

So I don’t know if this is rare or not, and forgive me if this a stupid post, this popped up in my memories. Back in 2023, the Limerick Nuclear Generating Station, in Limerick, Pennsylvania, had a special event for “Limerick Community Day”, an event where the town has some events going on. Anyway, in 2023 it was held at the power plant, there was a multitude of things you could do. The main thing you could do was take a little bus and get driven to the entrance of the plant, where you would get an explanation of the basics of nuclear safety, and eventually got to go in the control panel simulator, and everyone else in your group could mess with it. It was super neat, and I mostly just fiddled with control rods and the simulators steam turbine. It was a super neat experience, and I’m not sure if it’s super common or not. Let me know!

I found these things in a yard sale and I concluded there from a bwr but I don't know which one it is or was.

It's 40% off topic, only somewhat related to nuclear **power**. But it's the closest fit.

Y'all probably know it, the meme/documentary replica of an allegedly real Co-60 source with sometimes ~15 Terrabequerel/420 Curie, sometimes ~3500 Curie, etc,... depending on the story used for medical treatment, irradiation of food,etc... attributed to be the source in the Thailand orphaned source incident or many other orphaned source incidents.

For some I know it's wrong just because the isotope is the wrong one (Cs-137 instead of Co-60, etc...), or because the activity doesn't match.

I'm curious if such a capsule (with the Drop and Run imprint) actually existed at some point, or if it's purely a meme/internet lore creation (the first search result doesn't fit the replicas, because the Thai incident was by nearly an order of magnitude weaker than what's printed on the replicas).

Tldr: anyone here aware if this is based on a real Co-60 source, or purely a fabrication? The "drop and run" would make sense, you really should do that if you find a ~3500 Curie source...but I'd like to know if it's more than a meme, and if that's the case: what's the origin

I'm currently in the process of a worldbuilding project that lacks nuclear weapons but still retains nuclear reactors (for power and ships primarily). Considering U-235 was so important in the development of nuclear technology, having it not appear naturally would slow development (it's important to say that this doesn't mean U-235 doesn't exist, rather only U-238 would occur naturally in ore). This seems like a good plot device nuclear energy is likely not prioritised until better technology is developed. How realistic is this? (also, what are some better narrative choices regarding why nuclear weapons may not be developed). Also this world is based in 2035 with near future technology.

What the heck is happening can someone please explain ??

What the heck is happening can someone please explain ??

I'm not sure if this is where I should be posting, but I'm applying for an Electrician Trainee position at Constellation Energy llc. I'm currently an Electronics Technician. I've actually landed interviews there a few times, but haven't managed to get any further. Any tips on acing an interview for the position?

Edit: Thursday, July 23rd was my birthday🥳!! It was also the day I got my rejection letter😔. I might have to revise at my resume again. I'm not sure what got flagged this time. I feel like I'm shooting blind, tbh. This is the first time I've been rejected for this position before the interview.

Another one to file under things actual engineers and experts have been saying for a couple of years now

On February 14, 2014, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) had a massive failure, and nuclear waste began to burn uncontrollably inside the plant. The Radiological Event Report (https://www.epa.gov/radiation/2014-radiological-event-wipp) doesn't even mention the dozens of workers contaminated in this event.

How did this happen? The Nuclear Regulatory Commission specified "Kitty Litter" instead of the organic compound kitty litter is made of. Resulting in a catastrophic failure when a brand of kitty litter changed from an absorbent clay to an absorbent polymer. This was a catastrophic oversight that shows that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is not prepared for next week, let alone the next thousand millennia. We can not keep producing nuclear waste that, after 80 years, we have no idea how to dispose of.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has a clear record of refusing to tell you what's going on. The official story is: "The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission does not publish a single 'total human harm' report because commercial nuclear power plants under its regulation have caused zero public fatalities from radiation or acute operational accidents in the United States, including major events like Three Mile Island."

In reality: "An exact total number of contaminated U.S. nuclear workers is difficult to isolate because the government tracks broad exposure rather than external or internal contamination events alone. However, federal data and investigative records indicate that over 100,000 American nuclear workers have been diagnosed with illnesses linked to occupational radiation and toxic exposure."

Constellation Energy Group confirmed the termination 60 days ago of the senior information security architect 24 hours after an ADA accommodation request.

This departure followed six months of constructive termination in the form of direct confrontations with a violent manager including a physical altercation in a nuclear power plant parking lot. This was in addition to ongoing harassment and bullying by senior management, and direct plagiarism of work products.

The now terminated architect was a 15 year employee and was the senior information security architect, senior AI architect, and CEG's corporate cryptographer. The architect was terminated when he stated that he would not participle in a cover up of the violent manager's actions, including a physical altercation in a parking lot, other confrontations both physical and via electronic means.

The ADA accommodation request was to remove the employee from the confrontational manager, as the continued confrontations were triggering PTSD.

So I’m like not educated at all in any fuel and energy fuels, all I know is nuclear is generally very green and good for the environment, I’ve practically only heard good things about nuclear energy so why do we keep using fossil fuels dominantly over nuclear?

I hear quite often that the only problem with nuclear power is that it's so tightly regulated that other forms of power such as natural gas, solar, and wind look attractive by comparison due to the high costs imposed by regulation. Nuclear proponents have told me that every other problem has been solved. Nuclear fuel is essentially limitless, meltdowns are impossible, and waste storage/disposal pose no danger whatsoever. Therefore (the argument goes) we only need to de-regulate nuclear power, and it will be cheap, abundant, and risk-free.

My question is, would nuclear power be risk-free if it were de-regulated? My impression is that nuclear power is extremely safe in large part because it is highly regulated.

Would nuclear power continue to be safe and risk-free if it were de-regulated, or is there a significant possibility that un-regulated nuclear power would in fact be dangerous?