So we're talking control and support systems then? The fission to electricity process is the same thing, right? Boil some water and spin a turbine?
Is watchstanding still watchstanding there? I don't imagine having ERS, ERUL, ERF, ERLL, AEA, RT; but do you still have guys wandering around in the plant checking gages and wiping up oil?
Yes the basics are the same, fission=heat=water to steam=turbine go roundy=generate electricity.
The BWR stuff might throw you for a loop a bit, but its not hard when you sit down and give it a few hours. You do have to worry about all of those reactivities you ignored in a NNPP, due to enrichment. And no one cares about Tave anymore.
I can only speak from the Peach perspective as far as watch standing. The NLOs here have rounds to do (AKA logs). At the beginning of the day, they download the rounds for the area they are in charge of for the day into their company supplied hand held device using Esoms. The areas are;
Reactor building 2 and 3 (1 NLO each)
Turbine building 2 and 3 (1 NLO each)
Outside/Substation (1 NLO)
Water treatment plant (1NLO)
Rad waste water treatment (1 NLO)
We then have a shift meeting after turnover, then the NLOs go out and start their rounds. Depending on the day of the week and shift (and physical fitness of the NLO), they can take anywhere from 2-4 hours to complete. On these rounds their priority is tech spec items (federal law stuff) that has to be done and turned into an RO by a certain time. After that, they usually have a routine inspection of a particular system that day. Yes, they read some meters and guages and stuff like that, and log them in their hand helds. Also, they do minor house keeping like wipe up oil and water on the way.
When their rounds are done, thats it as far as that goes for the day. No hourly logs out here. Things just don't change much or often. In fact, some stuff might go a whole week without being looked at closely.
The rest of their day is spend applying/removing clearanced (tagouts) and other administrative procedures/testing. A lot of their day is spent...well... doing other things.
Justin
PS If you're curious, our license structure is like this.
4 ROs... one on each unit, one middle or common guy, and a "fourth" RO who handles testing/admin.
3 SROs (4 on day shifts during the work week). 1 SRO = CRS for both units(2, one on each unit on day shfts during the work week), 1 SRO = work control (supervises 4th RO), 1 SRO = floor supervisor (out in the plant). ROs have rounds in the control room.
