A little background, I graduated college last year and started working at the Savannah River Site and I received my DOE Q clearance there. I worked there for about 8 months and then started a job at a nuclear design firm. I wanted to get to an operating plant so I just recently received an offer to work at one.
I did receive my Q clearance, but I always worry about bad credit history. About 5 years ago, I had some charge-offs and just let them go on my credit report without paying them off. The DOE talked to me about it, I was honest (it was either I finish school or drop out and get a full time job to pay off the debts that I accumulated with an ex-girlfriend) and they gave me a clearance.
Should I have any problem getting my unescorted access clearance at a nuke plant? I have no other negatives on my record. I believe that my Q clearance would be higher than any I would get at a Nuke plant, but I think I’m correct in saying that the company does its own clearance instead of the DOE. Would I recently receiving a Q clearance really help me out in getting my UA clearance? I just don’t want to leave one job and start another and be told that I did not get a clearance.
Thanks for all help!
