Nevada Test Site (NTS)

[Rennhack]

Don't forget to vote. Please keep it civil.

[Rennhack]

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[Camella Black]

If anyone has a favorite hang out, place to shop, or local information for this area please post it here.

[LaFeet]

I was out there in the summer of 2003.  Loved the job, but they did not pay travel out.  They also did not pay for time traveled to the job site (hopefully this has been fixed).  I and the crew would drive some 65 miles to the jobsite just to start our 12 hour shift. 

I stayed onsite to help offset the lower per diem (70 $/day).  The rooms were 20 $/day long term but had little to no cooking facilities.

On days off I managed to crawl through some of the abandonded mines and towns that were not off limits, allways had a radio and meter with me to help stave off any security guards.

Staying at Mercury is just over an hour away from the Las Vegas Strip.. nuff said.

[LaFeet]

NOT IN MERCURY... gotta hit Vegas,  nuff said

[alphadude]

that flashing red light down the road from mercury aint a traffic signal.. go to death valley its not to far away. this time of year its fantastic.

[LaFeet]

I meant to do that.... but always wound up in Vegas for some silly reason.....I might need help

[RadTrashMan]

Good bye Bechtel Nevada.....Hello National Security Technologies. (Northrop Grumman, CH2M Hill, et al.)

http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/newsreleases/NSTecAwardedContract_03282005.pdf

I guess I'll have to dust off those B-2 Stealth Bomber airplane plans.  I know I had them somewhere here...

[LaFeet]

CH2M Hill... are these the guys that just wrapped up Mound in Ohio? 

[Mike McFarlin]

Great people, good area.

[Mike McFarlin]

Vegas is the only place, but who could ask for more!

[Mike McFarlin]

Was there in 2004, now have travel in but no pay for on site travel. Ours was 1 1/2 hours each way and then a 12 hr shift. 15 hr days with only 12 pay, you do the math. Not much dicussion here either......huh Mike

[Mike McFarlin]

With Vegas 75 miles away and Parumph 45 miles away the stay on site deal (20 dollars a night) is appealing since you work 12s. Indians Springs is about 15 miles away but has only 1 motel.

[LaFeet]

With Vegas 75 miles away 

Was it that far away  I thought it only took us 45 minutes to get to the strip from Mercury??

[LaFeet]

Was there in 2004, now have travel in but no pay for on site travel. Ours was 1 1/2 hours each way and then a 12 hr shift. 15 hr days with only 12 pay, you do the math. Not much dicussion here either......huh Mike

Did it really take us that long to get the mountain???

[Mike McFarlin]

You kept stopping at the Santa Fe, remember?

[LaFeet]

You kept stopping at the Santa Fe, remember?

Naw...  it only took 20 minutes to get there.  Ima talking about the Strip

[Mike McFarlin]

Yea, and back too!

[LaFeet]

All in all, I thought the NTS stint was a decent enough one.  Heck I was (and probably am still) a newby back then.  I was just out of a D&D project and needed something to help me slide into the outage schedules.  I managed to "trade" a NTS commitment for a shot at Riverbend.... and the rest is,  is... ah...  well I haven't killed anyone yet.

The work was easy enough at NTS except having to deal with the techs from Larwrence Livermoore... they had this misundestanding that the boundaries were there to spread contamination to its edges.... and it was okay to pick your nose in a CA outdoors??

Loved working for the drill crews out there... Willie... how was that beer?

Id go back....earlier if the pay was bumped higher.

[jm22283]

 Can anyone help find out how to get employed at the NTS? I am just out of the DOD as a 2w2x1.

[illegalsmile]

uhhh, what's a 2w2x1?

[Mike McFarlin]

New 4 wheel drive?

[PWHoppe]

Can anyone help find out how to get employed at the NTS? I am just out of the DOD as a 2w2x1.

NTS recently had a massive layoff. However they are still posting jobs.

[golddawg]

Does anyone know the contractor running the Nevada Test Site and what is the HPT phone number for the HPT office? husky_gold@yahoo.com

[ole.peterson]

 National Security Technologies is the main contractor for the Test Site. There web site is www.nstec.com.