Why nursing at a nuclear energy facility is not your standard career
You might not realize Duke Energy is like a small city: almost any profession found in a city can be found in this company. From pilots (both full-sized aircraft and drones) to marine biologists to nurses. Nurses? Yes. Duke Energy’s nuclear fleet even...
It's all in the preparation
For McGuire Nuclear Station’s Christie Bristow, being organized and confident about the decisions you make is the name of the game. And as McGuire’s work window manager, where preparation and execution are key, Christie doesn’t take that responsibility...
Have you heard? Things you need to know about reactor operations
Being an operator at a nuclear plant is as much a calling as a career. Like any specialized field, becoming an operator requires completing a demanding training regimen with the highest standards. Much like doctors take annual boards to maintain their...
Can we hear it from a professional?
To celebrate Nuclear Science Week, Duke Energy nuclear employees will host virtual career panels for high school students that focus on a different nuclear power career profile each day throughout the week.
It's not like the movies - working in nuclear energy
As a Senior Project Controls Specialist, Sigourney Clark spends a lot of her time ensuring that projects are not just completed on time, but that they also remain within an approved budget. She refers to her group as the conscience of the project team...
An unexpected journey: From Daddy’s helper to nuclear mechanic
Rachel Blackman can predict the future. Sort of. Through her work in the mechanical maintenance department, she regularly conducts vibration analysis of equipment.
How a lifelong love of the environment became a career
A lifelong environmental champion, Catawba Nuclear Station Environmental Specialist Haley Willis was raised on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, spending her spare time and summers kayaking, swimming and honing her love of the outdoors on...
How a life of adventure pairs with nuclear energy
When she isn’t hiking or road tripping to the next national park on her bucket list, Pickens, South Carolina native Rebecca Hunt spends her time as an auxiliary operator at Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station in Seneca, S.C.
Take Control: Participate in the Nuclear Information Center reader survey
Since we first started publishing articles on the Nuclear Information Center (NIC) in 2011, the U.S. nuclear energy industry has changed, and the NIC has, too. As a new year approaches, we want to know what you think about the NIC.
Look to nuclear for a unique and exciting career in energy
Rewarding, noble, exciting, unique. These four words can describe your new career in the nuclear energy industry.
