South Texas Project (STP)

[NJ]

I think we should all drag out those old pictures and perserve them down in history...I have a bunch!

[UncaBuffalo]

I think we should all drag out those old pictures and perserve them down in history...I have a bunch!

Sounds good!  It only takes a few ninutes to upload them to NukeWorker...scanning mine took more time than uploading...

[B.PRESGROVE]

Does anyone know if they are hiring for operations at this time?

[NukeNub]

http://www.stpnoc.com/Opportunities.htm

[B.PRESGROVE]

Yah I checked that website just wanted to see if any inside folks new anything.  Anyway yall welcome my dad as we start up our engineering consulting firm Presgrove Technologies.  He gets underway in March and we will be doing alot of work around the nuke world. 

[zilla]

Anyone local that can tell me what it's like in the area?  I am a BWR-SRO and might be interested in sending a resume when they start hiring for 3&4 and I'm wondering if anyone can give me a rundown on the locale?  Schools, housing costs, etc...?  Is it possible to live on or near the water within reasonable cost?

[RAD-GHOST]

What's the area like.......

Currently STP holds the pole position for New Nuke Construction, which equates to about $10,000,000,000.00+ for construction costs over a 5 - 7 year period.   Then you can add the 5 - 7 outage budgets for the same time frame and gain the actual economic perspective for the area's future.  Besides the weather, not much will be the same when they start hiring for units 3 & 4! 

Just my humble opinion!

PS:  I never, (repeat "NEVER"), had a bad time in Texas..... !

RG







 

[zilla]

What's the area like.......

Currently STP holds the pole position for New Nuke Construction.....

You've got that right.  I have a good friend who worked on the COL and they were first and have their ducks in a row more than most who are looking to build.  I was just looking for some info from locals on the area.  So far I have only talked to one person who actually lived and worked there in house and he hated it...... but then he was from Boston originally.

[HydroDave63]

What's the area like.......

The restaurants with the best pit barbecue, also had the snottiest waitresses

Drive slow in town

[tntplayer]

I worked at STP for about 8 years in the 1990's. Overall, I liked it there. Bay City has that small Texas town atmosphere. The big local grocery store is called H.E.B. I was told that it is named after the original owner whose last name was Butt and his first name was Harry. Like the previous post said, really good barbeque. People at the site were very good overall. Let me just say that in the nuclear worker world you could do ALOT worse.

Bay City is about an hours drive south of Houston. Houston has all the alure that a big city has bars, city scene, sports teams, etc. We used to take trips to Houston on aregular basis

[zilla]

I worked at STP for about 8 years in the 1990's. Overall, I liked it there. Bay City has that small Texas town atmosphere. The big local grocery store is called H.E.B. I was told that it is named after the original owner whose last name was Butt and his first name was Harry. Like the previous post said, really good barbeque. People at the site were very good overall. Let me just say that in the nuclear worker world you could do ALOT worse.

Bay City is about an hours drive south of Houston. Houston has all the alure that a big city has bars, city scene, sports teams, etc. We used to take trips to Houston on aregular basis

Thanks!  That's the kind of info I was looking for.  I might have to take a trip down there this summer during an off week to check the area out, look at real estate, etc..... 

[unsung]

I'm also looking to possibly relocate down that way since my father retired and moved to Lufkin.  I'm working in the Electrical Dept at a PWR now but have done many supporting trips for BWR outages.

I guess is STP a union plant?  I know Exelon is looking at building in Victoria County as well so there look to be some employment opportunities in the future.  I'd like to get in as soon as possible.

[radmax]

FYI, according to Wikipedia, Excelon just put the breaks on Victoria Station, due to the current economic situations... though spokesman said they were "not abondoning Victoria"...  July 2009

Let's hope we can get a turn around on this decision, and hopefully the ball will keep rollin'

[HydroDave63]

FYI, according to Wikipedia, Excelon just put the breaks on Victoria Station, due to the current economic situations... though spokesman said they were "not abondoning Victoria"...  July 2009

Let's hope we can get a turn around on this decision, and hopefully the ball will keep rollin'

With spot nat gas at $3.66/MMBtu, and on-peak NYMEX Oct 09 futures trading around 36-37 bucks per MWh for 2N-ERCOT Houston Zone electricity, Exelon may have figured it doesn't pencil out to proceed. Time will tell....

[DangerNut]

Anyone who works in Ops or Engineering available to answer a few general questions about working at STP?