When at Brunswick from 1997 to 2000, radwaste had integrated with ops and all the ops guys had to qualify RW, and all the RW guys had to qualify operator. i assume it is still like that. Salem has a non-radwaste with a control room dealing with chemical discharges to the river and chemtechs handle that. the RW at salem was nothing like brunswick's of course (much smaller, no big control room) and mostly operated by operators, although some of the equipment deemed under RW/Ops authority at Brunswick (like polishers) were mostly operated by chemistry technicians, which is an anomaly (2000 to 2002). Chemtech at Salem is quite a different job than at most plants. When I left Brunswick the guys that had been true RW guys were still the goto guys if there was a real question about how to operate RW. I qualified RW but wasn't very good since I had no experience and left about 6 months later. I was always calling the RW guys who used to do it full-time, as were many other newly qualified RW guys. Boots, where are you, I need help!