.... I know it's in the best interest of the facilities for Jrs. to gain the experience....
no, not really,....
house techs can fill the "youth gap" during outage season,...
SOP wardens cost less than fully capable 18.1 or 3.1 types,...
there are no new plants coming on-line anytime soon,...
at least 5 of the current plants will be going off the grid in the next five years,....
juniors who go to DnD and get involved in pool to pad plus major component removal and segmentation will get the prerequisite "real job" experience they need to transition into the operating plants at about the same time that the biggest wave of "aging workforce" 3.1s just flatout fallout of the employment eligibility pool,...
the current operating nukes are pretty much all "bridge" base load units between where we are today and the "new green technology" base load units which are just somewhere over the fantasy horizon,...
as those one a year for the next five years plants go off line the remaining plants will have all the experienced RP Dept. candidates they can handle,...
plus, the USN and the shipyards are still cranking 'em out every year, year after year,...
there may not be a glut of talent but, properly managed, there is enough,...
oh yeah, almost forgot,... (sic) 4 beercourt,....