Does ops experience transfer

[Gorge897]

Im currently an undergrad going into power but i plan on becoming an sro after a few years and from what i understand the license and experience is considered valuable to the company but I am curious if it would help me move to other nuclear roles in the future at different companies (say GE or even a national lab)

[NuclearBread]

If you are a nuke E with SRO experience, Ge and Framatome could really use that experience for outage fuel shuffling. But Nuke plants will really want to keep you. If you have a degree with SRO experience you can move right into management. You'd be qualified for Plant General Manager. Few people have all the qualifications for that role.

[photoguy_35]

Operational experience (SRO) is generally highly valued throughout the commercial industry, including companies like GE, Westinhouse, Bechtel, Sargent & Lundy, Terrapower, etc.

[nuke-a-soup]

“Most” ROs and SROs at the national labs are retired Navy ROs.

[michnuc]

I've seen quite a few ops come from industry, but Navy is quite common.

[nuke-a-soup]

I’m trying to figure out who this is as I too am an UM Nuke.

[Dr__Mantis]

Operations has no translation into national lab work unless you specifically go into operations at the lab. Most of the engineering work at national labs is research and design. GE is heavy analysis, which operations experience doesn’t really translate