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Outage vs training
Cycoticpenguin:
I report to my new plant about the same time they start an outage. Should I be expecting things? Want to walk in with my eyes open is all. NLO trainee FWIW.
edit: I looked at the outage schedule for next year. couple questions
1) It looks like every plant works together in scheduling in tandem. Is this circumstantial or planned?
2) why are some outages many times longer then others? More maintenance obviously, but what? Do we have a "pms" schedule like the navy does? I.e. every ten years check certain pumps or whatever.
3) outages occur every 2-3 years?
Cycoticpenguin:
--- Quote from: Marssim on Dec 16, 2010, 03:45 ---you mean something along these lines?
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Nah, Im not asking about when they happen. Nothing useful comes up with timelines, and Im asking what non quals do during outages. Dont see much on that with searching.
Incline:
Once upon a time at my plant, non-quals got the rare privilege of doing SOP watch for RP, "Hey Boy/go-fer" work for the crafts and if they seemed to have a head on their shoulders then it was FME duty somewhere in the plant. But that was a while back and i believe they only did it when they weren't in class and on weekends.
JustinHEMI05:
--- Quote from: Charlie Murphy on Dec 16, 2010, 02:51 ---I report to my new plant about the same time they start an outage. Should I be expecting things? Want to walk in with my eyes open is all. NLO trainee FWIW.
edit: I looked at the outage schedule for next year. couple questions
1) It looks like every plant works together in scheduling in tandem. Is this circumstantial or planned?
2) why are some outages many times longer then others? More maintenance obviously, but what? Do we have a "pms" schedule like the navy does? I.e. every ten years check certain pumps or whatever.
3) outages occur every 2-3 years?
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You will first spend a few days doing your plant access training. However, since they are starting an outage, you will be doing it with a lot of bubbas. Because they are starting an outage, they probably won't pay much attention to you except to assign you some task that will probably be menial, but educational. You should be able to get out and see a lot of things when the plant is cold iron. I am just guessing, but this is what I have seen my last 2 plants do with new NLOs during an outage.
1) Outages are planned for spring and fall. I don't think plants work together, unless they are in a "fleet," like Exelon.
2) Like you said, depends on what is going on. Could be replacing major parts such as steam generators or condensers, which would make the outage many months long, or could be doing not much of anything which could make it <30 days. Yes, there are PMs just like the Navy. Some of them can't be done until the plant is shut down, and that usually involves some involved diesel work or ECCS system testing.
3) In my experience, BWRs are on 2 year cycles PWRs are on 1.5 year cycles, YMMV.
IRLFAN:
--- Quote from: JustinHEMI on Dec 16, 2010, 07:58 ---
1) Outages are planned for spring and fall. I don't think plants work together, unless they are in a "fleet," like Exelon.
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Not exactly. Many plants are part of USA, and share resources, namely personnel.
--- Quote ---3) In my experience, BWRs are on 2 year cycles PWRs are on 1.5 year cycles, YMMV.
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YMMV indeed. In my experience BWR's are also on a 1.5 year cycle.
To the OP: whatever menial task you get assigned, if you have any unassigned time, get out in the plant and follow another NLO around. You'll get to see and participate in things that are only done very infrequently. This is a great opportunity to learn. Make the most of it and good luck.
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