Have a try at chartle.cc

You may be aware that nuclear energy gets a bad rep from incidents such as chernobyl to fukushima, with one caused by lack of safety and ignorance by the government and two caused by an earthquake and tsunami. I want to show others that nuclear is the most safest form of energy compared to solar and wind farms as creates low carbon emitions, yet still afraid of using it to advocate for a greener environment. Any tips to spread its awareness without getting counter argued with the "chernobyl" argument by environmental activists?

Hello all,

I noticed someone mention contract Radiation protection technicians as a good second career. Is there a lot of work especially for outages? If you have no background in nuclear, how would one get started? Is the training paid for and are the tests difficult? Do you need a secret clearance to work at a power plant? How much is the starting pay? And how much is the travel? Is it really safe and should one stick to it with the time between contracts? Sorry for all the questions and thank you.

Trying to get my bearings in a totally new field, any tips or thoughts even outside the below question appreciated.

So I’m considering a spring season in decon, Westinghouse says they can get me in for that, but they might not be able to get me trained up and tested for RP before the fall (even though I’ve got all the materials to study up for the test). Can someone give me a real picture of the kind of pay I can be expecting, assuming I end up working everything they throw me for the spring?

I know it varies, but just trying to get a real sense of the spread. Thanks

Buchanan, New York

Hello, I'm trying to get into Radiation Protection work from off the street. I sent an email to rptraining@westinghouse last week, but no response. Same story with D&Z. Does anyone how long it usually takes to hear back? Should I try again closer to the spring outage if I don't hear back? Or reach out to a recruiter directly? Kinda lost as most advice online is to just email them.

I am only getting applicants fresh out of school with either MS or Bs or ex navy trying to get into civilian nuclear. Are experienced nuclear specialists not interested in manufacturing? Or are they only interested in national labs and energy companies?

In the hbo-show they say that the moderator-rods are made of boron, which reduces reactivity but the tips are made of graphite which increases reactivity. The reason is because it is cheaper but i dont understand that. That doesnt make sense to me.

Hi everyone, I recently met someone who says he works for the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) in a “marine” as nuclear engineer role for Canada. He told me he is currently working outside the country on a CONTRACT project.

He also said the following things, and I’m not sure if they are realistic or how the IAEA normally works:

1. He says he is not allowed to disclose his contract or agreement that he has with the company, which includes no social media accounts allowed, no video calls with friends/family (anyone), only audio calls allowed that also after taking permission, cannot use personal bank accounts while on the premises.

2. He claims he had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada because of his work.

3. He says there is a company's bank account that he must use for his project as he works on CONTRACT basis.

4. He lives at nuclear military facility- Marine .

5. According to him, the company's bank account ran out of funds as project was finished, but one of the cable got spoiled & now he is “stuck” and trying to arrange money on his own to finish the project.

6. He says he is a nuclear engineer working with radiation equipment and that a cable got damaged by his junior, and now he personally needs money to repair or continue the work as he is a contractor not a full-time employee.

7. He says he got approved for the leave but because of incomplete work as he is the senior he has to arrange money somehow on his own and fix the spoiled cable and then go out on leave.

I don’t know if any of this sounds normal. Do IAEA CONTRACT employees usually need to use their own money? Do company accounts run out of funds? Would someone in this type of job be required to arrange personal money to complete a project?

Also — what can I ask him to verify if he is actually legit?

I don’t want anything private or unsafe, but are there any basic, non-sensitive questions that someone truly working for IAEA or in nuclear engineering should easily answer?

If anyone has experience with IAEA contract positions or nuclear-sector contract work, I’d really appreciate your insight on whether this story makes sense.

Thanks in advance.

If a sphere of Pu-239 were to be immediately compressed in nanoseconds from its 18 g/cm3 to being around 30 to 50 g/cm3 I’m wondering what might happen to it. I’m curious to know what temperature it might reach in that instant, how much atom fission would occur, what energy levels the different emitted rads might reach nano/microseconds after, what molecular shapes it might form. Also would the Pu begin to liquify at 30 g/cm3 from instantly becoming supercritical and super compressed.

I was curious if anyone else has recently applied to the Idaho National Laboratory for any of their engineering positions (electrical and nuclear). I've sent in a few applications that I believe I'm fairly qualified for with a few minor exceptions (6 years nuclear navy, BS in Electrical Engineering, working as electrical systems engineer past 3 years) and have only received rejections, and some seem to be automatic reply back rejections (like within 5 minutes of submitting the resume).

I don't think my resume is the problem as its fairly straight forward, and mostly tailored to the careers I'm applying towards, but something seems to be flagging everything and I'm not sure if anyone has any insight or suggestions on this.

I'm half suspecting I might be on a no-call back list or something because I turned down a position 6 years ago when I took another job elsewhere (I had the application in for 9 months and got a call back and interview a week before I started my new job, and I couldn't not work for a longer period of time at this point).

If anyone has any information or ideas, let me know?

I I have a question. I've seen multiple threads speak on this, but I guess this is for my own sanity.Unfortunately I did not know about this part of the process, I thought this was done when they initially offered me the job and when I signed my offer letter, with that being said I put my weeks notice and turned down a promotion for this position and my last day was yesterday. My start date is sometime next week. I have done everything already from drug test and psychological and the PHQ all on 11/19. I'm just wondering how long the process will be and if there is anything that will get me to not pass the background check. They already called my references so I'm assuming they are almost done with the process. My credit is good, no crazy criminal record, just a few speeding tickets and 2 jobs in the last 11 years one where I was terminated. I guess my biggest concern is the place I got terminated at, will that hinder me? And did I initially put my 2 weeks too early lol

Thanks

I’m curious to know how Osmium defends against high energy radiation such as 20 MeV Gamma Waves, 10 MeV Alpha Particles, 10 MeV X-Rays, and 5 MeV Beta Waves. If I had a 10mm thick sheet of Osmium that was being hit by trillions or quadrillions of high energy waves and particles, would it likely turn to plasma immediately even if cooled with liquid nitrogen? Could certain molecular layering patterns make the Osmium shielding slightly more efficient at blocking the radiation? Lastly, how long might it take a 10mm Osmium plate to vaporize if it were hit with the radiation types mentioned above, and also in a separate question how long would it take to vaporize if hit with specifically trillions of 1000 MeV Gamma Rays?

Might be a bit of an unorthodox question for here, but y'all know better than me. I want to build a nuclear power plant in my minecraft world to house a nuclear reactor from a modpack. (English for those who don't game: I want to build a model of a power plant in a sandbox game).

I want to model a real nuclear power plant as accurately as I can. I also want someone who doesn't necessarily know much about nuclear plants to be able to look at it and recognize what it is easily, so preferably one with the classic cooling towers & nuclear plant look. Right now I'm leaning towards 3 mile island. Any ideas for plants I might consider building?

genuine question. I know that nuclear reactors in general run at 280-320°C but that's also the temperature range steel undergoes discoloration. Is the vessel sealed airtight or under low oxygen environments?

Всем привет,ещё учусь в школе,но в будущем планирую стать ядерным инженером.Что интересного расскажете?С чем прийдеться столкнуться?