Watts Bar

[Rennhack]

Don't forget to vote.  Keep your comments civil.

[Doc REM]

Their have some good house people to work WITH!
The plant was easy to work in and the support people where great.

[nuketech]

i work at watts bar!! i am a nuke tech. THE PEOPLE HERE ARE FRIENDLY AND NICE. this plant is easy to work at

[shehane]

watts bar is a good plant to work.  the plant (ops and management) are still trying to learn how to run an outage.  the hp management are pretty good people and will stick up for you when the chips fall.  the house techs are good to work with and let you do your job without badgering you.  out in the middle of nowhere but still ok.

[oldtimer]

:)Worked their fall outage.Good people to work with. Located out in the boonies. Would go back anytime, preferably during warm weather.

[IBENNUKED]

Nothing special one way or another. I have worked there 2 times and will again. If anything does get your attention it's the people, they are good to work with... Hello Dan W.

[wondertech]

Worked my third outage at the Barr last fall and had a good time. The house people there are first rate. The aftershift breafasts at the boat dock were a lot of fun as well. I'm looking forward to the next one.

[fueldryer]

I worked there in 99', their first refuel..The people were the best. Worked mostly with op's and RE, but spent alot of time with the Boilermakers, they WERE the best guys to work with. . Never was union/nonunion  an issue.

[Camella Black]

If anyone has a favorite hang out, place to shop, or local information for this area please post it here.

[Surveyors-mato]

There's nothing there. You have to go to Chattanooga or KNoxville.

[goaldie]

I'm supposed to work at Watts Bar this spring, can anyone tell me anything about it? Is it a good or bad place to work, something's to watch out for? Just anything at all would be appreciated. Thanks..goaldie

[oldtimer]

 It is in the boonies. The bridge over the dam is supposed to be out for another 2 months. Make sure you get something on the west side of the river. There is no cafeteria on site, bring your lunch. The procedures are very similar to Sequoyal.

[ageoldtech]

The dam is now open, but i would still look for somthing on the west side.

[oldtimer]

Watts Bar is not paying per diem, because they said, " Why should we, we are already staffed"

[duke99301]

this place is great best thing I ever did was leave plumbrook Nice people here go to work with craft is great.
and good  bucks as to boot.

[oldtimer]

Nightshift in  lower containment and life is great. Will gain ten pounds here this outage.

[AS55555]

Can anyone tell me who the RPM is at Watts Bar and where he/she came from
thanks

[ageoldtech]

There have been 5 RPM's at Watts Bar in the past 2 years. The one we are breaking in at the moment is named Paul Sawyer. He was the RPM at Sequoyah and transfered here back in December of 2005. Started in the Army nuke's in the mid 70's. Worked surry in the the late 70's, been RPM at several utilities over the years. I'll say one thing he's very conservative.

[hamsamich]

What is up with Watts Bar diem?  They better start giving up some $$$ or Dinger might end up stuck in the can all by himself!!  Give me diem or give me death.

[RadBastard]

They better start coming up with some coin or they are going to be crying when that SGRP starts.

$29 and no diem or
$23 with $1250 A MONTH for 60 days,Then after 60 days your diem will be taxed.
Thats $40 a day,
it's not the normal $80 a day because it is scheduled for more than 60 days for schizzle my nizzel.

All I know is they better stop smoking that tennesse wacki tobaci with those wages or nobody will be there for the sgrp.

[DaveWarren]

So, what is the real deal with the recent contracts awarded for this 7-month job to decon contaminated tools and equipment? I heard Bartlett got the Rad Engineer part of it and has already staffed it with 4 people. Then, I heard that Bartlett got the technician side also. Kevin O'Toole in Tulsa was taking resumes for that yesterday in Tulsa for Bartlett. Yesterday, someone told me that they called Bartlett and they were told that the technician part of it was already staffed. So, is the SGRP staffed? Is the 7-month decon staffed? Is the rad Engineer side staffed? Can you clear up the rumor mill, because I know there are quite a few people here at the Ridge who might be interested in going to the Bar. Watts Bar, that is....I know they want to go to the other Bar....lol

[ageoldtech]

Dave, RadBastard is right about the wages, that’s the reason nothing is staffed at this time. Who would want to come here for 40’s when you could work an outage for some real bucks. If a new contract is not made soon there’s no way we will staff our fall SGR with Fort Calhoun paying more $.

[dilligaf]

They better start coming up with some coin or they are going to be crying when that SGRP starts.

$29 and no diem or
$23 with $1250 A MONTH for 60 days,Then after 60 days your diem will be taxed.
Thats $40 a day,
it's not the normal $80 a day because it is scheduled for more than 60 days for schizzle my nizzel.

All I know is they better stop smoking that tennesse wacki tobaci with those wages or nobody will be there for the sgrp.

                       Radbastard,
     I agree with you that they will play hell finding techs at those wages...but the problem is there are too many fools that will go anyway...
    
     And as usual they will bitch about the money after the fact...

[stirfry]

Dave,
The word I got was that the engineering contract was filled the moment the contract was awarded. The contract called for the companies to send in ten names of the people that they were going to staff it with in the bid proposal. as far as the outage and the 7 month decon I have no idear on that situation.

stirfry in TN

[LaFeet]

All Watts Bar needs is a good Lead Tech, everything else will fall in place after that!

I would have loved to have gone there but the pay just does not make it worthwhile.......they gotta get the diem problem fixed.  I can live with a slightly lower hourly rate, just pay me good diem and put me to work for at least 72 hours a week.   

[Dream Tarheel]

Besides, TVA ill be here when we are all a wheel chair grandpa. How many cycles at SQN without per diem? And when they finally break down, they put in a clause that >60 days and you still dont get it (TVA). On top of that, they steal all your holidays away from us(no pay).

The best thing is for them to not raise the rate or give per diem, and every road tech goes somewhere to make some real money. The SGRP last 9 months, the local techs make a fortune, the road techs make their money (tax free) and the only people who get the shaft (for a change) is maybe the utility.

The beauty of our job is we can go where we want. If you dont want to goto Watts Bar, then dont; if you want to go, you can be there Monday. Either way, you do what makes you happy and feeds your family. There is no reason to goto WBN and lower the Radcon IQ average, unless you got nothing else to do.

[LaFeet]

The beauty of our job is we can go where we want. If you dont want to goto Watts Bar, then dont; if you want to go, you can be there Monday. Either way, you do what makes you happy and feeds your family. There is no reason to goto WBN and lower the Radcon IQ average, unless you got nothing else to do.

Praise the Lord.....

[RadBastard]

Besides, TVA ill be here when we are all a wheel chair grandpa. How many cycles at SQN without per diem? And when they finally break down, they put in a clause that >60 days and you still dont get it (TVA). On top of that, they steal all your holidays away from us(no pay).

The best thing is for them to not raise the rate or give per diem, and every road tech goes somewhere to make some real money. The SGRP last 9 months, the local techs make a fortune, the road techs make their money (tax free) and the only people who get the shaft (for a change) is maybe the utility.

The beauty of our job is we can go where we want. If you dont want to goto Watts Bar, then dont; if you want to go, you can be there Monday. Either way, you do what makes you happy and feeds your family. There is no reason to goto WBN and lower the Radcon IQ average, unless you got nothing else to do.

Dream TARHEEL, I think anybody who falls for the TVA crap money and goes there,THEY SHOULD STOP DRINKING THE KOOL AID.
Jim Jones once ran a scam like that and everybody drank the Kool Aid because he said too and died!
Going to watts barr the have got to be selling the people some good shit to go there and fall for the crap their selling?
I would love to have a list of who goes there so everybody will know and we can all laugh at them.
I can understand the locals to a point but travelers who go there are idiots.
Their sending our wages back to the stone age or at least the 1980's
If I want to see the 80's again I'll watch VH1
PEACE OUT

[LaFeet]

Dream TARHEEL, I think any body who falls for the TVA crap money and goes there,THEY SHOULD STOP DRINKING THE COOL AID.
Jim Jones once ran a scam like that and everybody drank the cool aid because he said too and died!
Going to watts barr the have got to be selling the people some good shit to go there and fall for the crap their selling?
I would love to have a list of who goes there so everybody will know and we can all laugh at them.
I can understand the locals to a point but travelers who go there are idiots.Their sending our wages back to the stone age or at least the 1980's
If I want to see the 80's again I'll watch VH1
PEACE OUT

Gotcha again

[RadBastard]

I did hear that they were giving everybody for christmas a tube of KY jelly as a stocking stuffer to thank you for coming to their outage.
so they can ease it in.