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RxW592638:
Curious about the level of difficulty of NLO classroom training at commercial plants compared to the training at Naval Nuclear Power School.

Any comments from anyone?

shayne:
Easy compaired to NPS.  It is more like Prototype classroom phase, just little more detail and many more larger systems.  About 6 months of classroom covering systems, admin, firefighting, etc.  Then about a year of doing quals in the plant.

Roll Tide:
I wasn't in the "kinder, gentler" NNPS, but there is no comparison. Any Navy Nuke will be successful with 40 dedicated hours per week in NLO training. I have seen Navy Nukes be successful with much less than 40 hours of dedication per week.

RxW592638:
Not sure what Roll Tide means by 40 dedicated hours per week.

Is this 40 hours in the classroom or an additional 40 hours of self study outside the classroom per week?

Also, is there homework, required reading, etc... performed after classroom instruction has ended and, if so, is this time compensated by the company?

Specific info on Exelon's NLO training programs would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

shayne:
40 hours is your classroom and study time.  Classroom time may be only 25-30 hours a week, and the other 15-10 hours is for your study/reading/etc.  I don't think too many companies will let you work over 40 hours/week for the classroom phase, but there could be some exceptions. 

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