[ RadSafe ] Nuclear Education

Wed Feb 29 19:10:16 CST 2012

The advantages of entering the Navy Nuclear Field Program are so great,
I would doubt the judgment of someone who wanted to be involved in
nuclear power, but didn't try.   

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Jerry Cohen
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:58 PM
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Nuclear Education

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

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From: "Brennan, Mike  (DOH)" <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV>
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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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