Wolf Creek powers Kansas—and its students

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Wolf Creek powers Kansas—and its students

https://www.ans.org/news/2026-06-15/article-8046/wolf-creek-powers-kansasand-its-students/

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Source: ans.org.

Evergy's Wolf Creek Generating Station provides internship and co-op opportunities for nuclear engineering students, including those from Kansas State University. These programs allow students to gain hands-on experience at the 1,200-MWe pressurized water reactor while networking with industry professionals and exploring various utility operations across the company's service territory.

These partnerships serve as a primary recruitment pipeline for entry-level talent in the nuclear sector. By integrating academic training with practical utility experience, the program helps address the industry's need for a skilled workforce as utilities look to expand nuclear capacity to meet rising energy demands.

Evergy's Wolf Creek Generating Station, near Burlington, is the only nuclear power plant in Kansas. In addition to generating 20 percent of the state's electricity—enough to power 800,000 homes—it has been generating educational opportunities by providing internships and co-op employment to nuclear engineering students from universities around the...

Interns work at Wolf Creek during the summer, while co-op students can take a semester away from school to work at the plant for eight months. Both interns and co-op students are introduced to substations, transmission and distribution system operation centers, other power plants, service events in the Evergy community, and networking events with employees and executives. Interns are also eligible for scholarships.

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https://www.ans.org/news/2026-06-15/article-8046/wolf-creek-powers-kansasand-its-students/