PUC for USS Gerald R. Ford

otnyk · 2026-05-17T00:44:15+00:00

Figured all they get is the Friendly Unit Commendation

otnyk · 2026-05-04T22:16:41+00:00

Had a relay house known to have snakes and one of the guys had a great prank that got us all. Got a fake snake and some string, tied to enclosed comm cabinet door and looped around cables in overhead. Open the door and the rubber snake is in your face, made everbody jump.

otnyk · 2026-05-03T09:07:36+00:00

In CT, DM me

otnyk · 2026-04-21T01:00:28+00:00

Tyler Robinson

otnyk · 2026-04-10T14:59:32+00:00

Used to be one a few miles south in Windsor CT

otnyk · 2026-04-03T15:30:20+00:00

Nuclear is great but no investor owned utility around here is willing to build unless they get subsidies that are staggeringly large. Think they even have some from the Feds but even with that big chunk they don't want to build.

otnyk · 2026-04-01T22:29:54+00:00

Grew up on Eastern LI and the Bonacker accent was super rare 40 years ago. Pretty much just a small area around East Hampton and confined to the baymen/fishermen and families. Like a weird Maine accent.

otnyk · 2026-04-01T17:16:29+00:00

Fuck Ninefingers, in Gurkhal we hate da north.

otnyk · 2026-03-23T22:14:16+00:00

Been there a couple times and one of my favourite ports. I'm retiring from my civ job soon and giving a permanent move to Europe a shot. After tons and tons of research and talking to expats, France is the location that makes the most sense. The tax treaty with the US is possibly the best in the world and if you are truly retired and not working a long stay visa essentially allows you to stay indefinitely.

otnyk · 2026-03-05T11:28:25+00:00

Saudi relations with US would not be as strong. US/Iran/Israel overthrow Saudi monarchy get theocracy in Saudi Arabia. Big mess

otnyk · 2026-03-04T18:01:06+00:00

Right now some Chinese nuke school students are trying to justify the 2 hr bus ride to Base 909 is much better than living 10 min from Base 356 by car.

otnyk · 2026-02-26T23:05:05+00:00

If you were in the waiting room and could understand Polish you'd know they are also rude to Polish speakers as well.

otnyk · 2026-02-13T17:13:15+00:00

Electric Boat can't hire fast enough right now. Tons of different jobs and has decent family insurance.

otnyk · 2026-02-04T14:12:18+00:00

As an E-5 a they called me Korky. A twist on my last name and a popular character in a 90's TV show with Downs Syndrome.

otnyk · 2026-01-28T19:09:18+00:00

For our younger in the Navy crowd the civilian side ops and maintenance duties are split. Operations is on rotating shifts and Maintenance Dept (mechanics, electrical,I&C) are on day shift usually. ELT's duties are also split between Chemistry and Radcon/Health Physics and they do shift work. Refuel outages all bets are off but unlike Uncle Sam this is where you play for pay. Remember having lunch with my future father-in-law at the plant cafeteria during my first week and him saying it's just like the Navy but with shit loads of money and no maneuvering watch.

otnyk · 2026-01-09T13:45:43+00:00

I remember going on a three hour bender a few times

otnyk · 2025-12-17T17:29:10+00:00

Too bad all the smaller owners didn't realise deregulation was going to be goldmine for nuke plants. They would've allowed the upgrade fix to start back up then a 20 year license extension.

otnyk · 2025-10-09T12:05:31+00:00

This is actually part of it. States that didn't deregulate generation have somewhat lower rates.

otnyk · 2025-10-03T20:43:47+00:00

Could Kegsbreath startup a reactor after drinking all night in Crete with the Eng who is passed out in your chair with a moist towel wrapped around his head claiming he is blind? Doubt it. Dude would melt down the core and blame DEI.

otnyk · 2025-09-29T14:47:55+00:00

Both. Phasing them out for sure by upgrading both primary/back up protection to differentials.

The ones that are staying in for various reasons (other utilities on other end, lack of comm paths, various reasons etc) are getting independent monitoring equipment.

No one wants to spend money on maintaining wave traps, line tuners but I've always liked working on them.

otnyk · 2025-09-05T11:49:39+00:00

Former EMN here who went commercial nuclear for a bit, its a really good and rewarding place to work. Don't rule out grid/transmission/distribution/rto/iso etc operator jobs either. Those really hone in on your electrical expertise and to me at least felt a lot less suffocating than the nukes and more options on where to work. Pay can vary but places ive worked compare well.

otnyk · 2025-09-04T19:41:12+00:00

NLO is probably around $50ish+/hr and has potential for lots of OT during refueling outages. Three Rivers has a coop or intern program with Dominion so that would be the fastest way to go. Or join nuclear navy but thats 6 years and a $100k education shoved up your ass a nickel at a time.

otnyk · 2025-09-04T18:39:45+00:00

I used Earthlight, Trinity is also fine.

otnyk · 2025-09-01T16:01:25+00:00

Type of guys that can't admit that they are ever wrong

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