[ RadSafe ] Nuclear Education

[Perle, Sandy]

Texas A&M, Illinois Institute of Technology, Oregon State and Georgia Tech have programs of some type (there are probably others).

Regards,

Sandy Perle
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On Feb 29, 2012, at 4:59 PM, "Jerry Cohen" <jjc105 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Assuming an american high school graduate today wants to pursue a career in 
> nuclear power production, where would he/she go to receive the proper 
> education?  Do any USA universities still have viable nuclear engineering 
> programs? What about other countries?
> Jerry Cohen
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: "Brennan, Mike  (DOH)" <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV>
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) MailingList 
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> Sent: Wed, February 29, 2012 4:30:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] New Reactors
> 
> It's actually worse than that.  The US Navy used to be a large source of nuclear 
> trained professionals, with their policy of spending huge amounts of money 
> training people, then having working conditions so dreadful that many got out 
> after one or two enlistments/periods of obligation.  The Navy has decommissioned 
> most of the nuclear powered vessels it once had, and I assume has narrowed the 
> training pipeline accordingly.  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu 
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Perle, Sandy
> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:07 PM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] New Reactors
> 
> Joe,
> 
> The issue as I see it (USA only, not the building going on in the rest of the 
> world, i.e., China, India, etc.), is where are the workers going to come from, 
> the construction workers (that will be a boon to the economy) but the 
> professionals, the engineers, health physicists, all the individuals where 
> attrition has been a factor and no new entrants into the job market, due to the 
> nuclear hiatus. Many of the health physics programs are no longer in business, 
> and those that are still offering programs, many are doing it through mechanical 
> engineering programs. There is an estimated severe shortage of professional 
> radiation protection specialists (as presented many times by Ralph Andersen, 
> Nuclear Energy Institute. In addition to the staffing issues, what about all of 
> the components needed, realizing that many of the manufacturing and parts 
> companies closed don business when the USA ceased building new units after TMI. 
> 
> 
> Georgia Power building 2 units is a good start, finally. Will the other 
> utilities who talked about new units, I think they'll sit back and watch what 
> happens, until there is more focus by the political systems as well as the 
> financial systems.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sandy
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu 
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of JPreisig at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:59 PM
> To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] New Reactors
> 
> Hey Radsafe:
> 
> 
>     From:    _jpreisig at aol.com_ (mailto:jpreisig at aol.com)        
> 
> 
>     Hope you all are well.  So, for the next 5  years or so, will US 
> energy/power companies sit back and watch the new Georgia nuclear reactors being 
> built???  Or will  they get in on the Fun also and start to build their own 
> reactors at the same time.????
> 
>    Boy, the US nuclear industry could really start moving  again, there could 
> be many jobs for construction people, health physicists, nuclear engineers etc.
> 
>    What's going to happen????
> 
> 
>     Regards,    Joseph R. (Joe)  Preisig, PhD
> 
> PS    It doesn't seem like a viable fusion energy/power  plant will come 
> online in the next 5 years...
> 
> 
> 
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