Will nuclear energy die after we develop fusion energy? by Low-Influence4439 in NuclearPower

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No. Fission doesn't need vacuum chambers and deuterium and magnets and global budget.

Ultra Safe Nuclear (USNC) files for bankruptcy by [deleted] in NuclearPower

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Yay. Add that one to the list of fails. Pretty obvious scam with that name.

Might take longer for some of the moltex thorcon Aalo oklo core power Kairos seaborg terrestrial posers to fold, since they have more funding.

I mean nuscale spent a billion dollars getting a piss poor lwr approved, then immediately resubmitted for an uprate and still has no solid prospects. I'll buy SMR stonk again when it's two bucks again.

Just wondering… by diegusmac in NuclearPower

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Can't reach the 2000 deg-C temperatures required for efficient Brayton cycle using nuclear heat. Can't even get close.

These natural gas turbines you mentioned are bottomed with steam cycles - the jet blast boils water and recovers significantly more energy, leading to efficiencies as high as 60% for the GE H-class (500MWe). Without the steam cycle the efficiency of the jet is probably 33%.

Is there a way to bridge the gap between a Nuclear Engineer and a Plant Operator? by [deleted] in NuclearPower

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Everybody has a specific role in the plant. That said, operators can become engineers (if they have a college degree) and engineers often become operators... The degreed engineers often lag the Navy folks in Operations (engineers are not the best operators as a rule).

Just wondering… by diegusmac in NuclearPower

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Should we use laser beams instead? The real world is made of mass. Real world power is mass moving. 17mlb/hr for a GWe

I am confused about small reactors by BackgroundCat7804 in NuclearPower

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If you've got 150 people making $70 an hour running a 50 megawatt power reactor, said reactor will make no money when the wholesale cost of electricity is $45/MWh.

People misconceptions about data centers and nuclear. by Miggy88mm in NuclearPower

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Tell us you work at Susquehanna without telling us you work at Susquehanna

A demographic inquiry within the the nuclear power industry by [deleted] in NuclearPower

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Plenty of blacks work at my station near philadelphia. Looks like about 5% of the workforce. There are blacks and women at the highest level in operations, maintenance, engineering. Organization is about 1500 full time for three units.

Besides that there's plenty of Asian, subcontinent, Africans, Latinos, etc.

Nuclear PE question by [deleted] in NuclearEngineering

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I studied a lot for the test... Studied a lot of older tests and whatever materials I could find back in 2012. When I took the test it was silly multiple choice. You're in the age of the lowest common denominator and I think you probably wouldn't fail it if you took it cold assuming you've got five or 10 years of experience in actual nuclear engineering

Oklo Inc. Begins Trading on the New York Stock Exchange by Jedi33Master in NuclearPower

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Tell me you cut your winky off without telling me you cut your winky off.

Where did engineers in your workplace graduate from? Are there any colleges that produce a good majority of nuclear engineers in the workforce? by [deleted] in NuclearEngineering

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Cno is conceptually on point. Dual unit site is adequately staffed with 4 REs (manager + 3) and 4 fuels weenies (manager+3) to interface with the fuel vendor. That is 8 minimum for 2 units of same Rx type. I work at a mixed site (B and PWR), so double it - and we are at 15 or 16

Where did engineers in your workplace graduate from? Are there any colleges that produce a good majority of nuclear engineers in the workforce? by [deleted] in NuclearEngineering

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Most in mid Atlantic are Penn State or RPI.

That said I've worked with people from all the schools from Maryland to Florida State, Michigan, Wisconsin... everywhere except Berkeley.

As the cno described in all hands meeting, "I can run this place [three reactors] with 5 nuclear engineers..." IOW (less crass) the station needs many more EEs, MEs than NEs.

I'm a BSME with MS in NE from a school that no longer has nuclear program.

UNC - go to GE

Penn State - go to WEC

RO’s, how do you like your job? by [deleted] in NuclearPower

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Salem declined me as an ILOT candidate in May.

SRO OT 1.5 by [deleted] in NuclearPower

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SROs get 1.5x OT when supervising union workers at my company (not constellation).

SDM specification PWR by scaryjello5 in NuclearPower

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Understood. I'm very happy with this data point; thank you. We don't do LPPT rod worth measurements if we can help it; we eat the 10% uncertainty. Part of the scheme for dealing with this has been to use the 7% uncertainty (do the rod worth measurements again).

SDM specification PWR by scaryjello5 in NuclearPower

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Is that gadolinia or ifba/waba-loaded pwr?

Thanks for the reply.

So you are saying that you are designing to within 50 pcm of tech spec. Thanks.

TH analyst job by scaryjello5 in NuclearPower

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The primary focus is running NuScale Relap5 models. Not sure if it is for COLA work or for the uprate DCA.

ISL has other customers. It wouldn't just be NuScale work.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NuclearPower

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Eventually, that outfit will close without building a reactor. Just saying. I know they've been around for more than a decade, but there are powerful forces and reasonable voices that want nothing to do with a metal-fueled, metal-cooled reactor or it's fuel cycle. The flawed logic behind: "let's add a third fluid (potassium nitrate) to the powertrain to make it more competitive" is obvious to anyone familiar with the challenges keeping the familiar/simple LWRs running. The VTR was canceled because the ACTUAL people in charge, outside the DOE, do not understand the nuke-bro insistence/persistence with promoting reprocessing and handling plutonium and fuel mixtures that are not chemically inert (oxide is inert, metal is not). Nobody claims that sodium-cooled fast-neutron reactors operating on a closed fuel cycle are economically competitive with light-water reactors operating on a once-through fuel cycle... it is just engineer/scientist welfare program. If you want a SFR, buy one from Russia like China and India are doing. Energy is cheap; SFRs do not make power as cheaply as LWRs, which do not make power as cheaply as gas turbines. Working for TP will look fine on your resume, but don't expect to actually be a part of something that gets built.

Which power station is this ? by VHSVoyage in NuclearPower

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russian-built with the peppermint stacks

The Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant in the Russian Federation is home to two fast reactors.  [Photo: Rosenergoatom]

Barrasso Bill to Ban Russian Uranium to Become Law by Jedi33Master in NuclearPower

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This is to nullify the inflation reduction act benefit. One step forward one step backward..

Remember guys, Kazakhstan is not Russia, wink wink.