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visserjr:
I appreciate all of the advice Mike. I am only guessing, but am I correct to assume ops is like standing watch underway on a boat? I am hopeful after my next two surgeries that I will be able to be as active as any normal 28 year old. Unfortunately for me, the Navy won't send me to sea on a submarine with the screws I will have in my knees. I personally feel it will not interfere with my job, or endanger someone else. If that were the case I park my handicapped butt at the front of Walmart, and pass out carts. Enjoy your weekends.
John
M1Ark:
It is nothing like standing watch underway. You take one set of readings during your 12 hour shift as an non-licensed operator. The balance of your time you either hang, review or walkdown tagouts. Review upcoming test or perform testing during your shift. You'll also respond to alarms received in the control room. The non-license operator job is pretty busy at times but most of the time you have plenty of free time.
Fermi2:
M1Ark hit it right on the head, although your One set of readings will cause you to walk around more than your readings did in the Navy. Commercial plants are HUGE!. If an alarm or piece of equipment is broken you might have to go back several times to inspect equipment. It's usually not the norm but can happen.
You'll also work at heights a LOT more than you did in the Navy, and usually you'll work in higher temperature environments.
For the most part when at power you should have a relatively flexible schedule.
Outages can require a LOT of work. Usually there's a lot going on which will keep you humping all over the plant.
I was the same age as you when I broke my elbows and my artthritis started kicking into gear. Remember to make darn sure you get your paperwork filed with the VA!
Mike
visserjr:
I appreciate all of the help and great advice. I am going to a Job fair in December. I have another question. Why does it seem that there are a lot of plants decomming in less than 10 years? Why would I move my family, get a house, and the plant decoms five years later? Are there plants(In the SE) that plan on renewing?
Fermi2:
--- Quote from: visserjr on Nov 09, 2005, 07:10 ---I appreciate all of the help and great advice. I am going to a Job fair in December. I have another question. Why does it seem that there are a lot of plants decomming in less than 10 years? Why would I move my family, get a house, and the plant decoms five years later? Are there plants(In the SE) that plan on renewing?
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This has info, including License Expiration dates for every facility on the country. So far as I know, you won't be seeing anyone decom a reactor in the next ten years, most if not all of those plants have a License Extension request in.
Many of the plants in the SE didn't license until after 1980. I believe the only two older ones, Hatch and Browns Ferry have extension requests in. Eventually they'll all extend.
Mike
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