Out with the Old, In with the New (Fuel)
The days are starting to get longer, March Madness is in full swing and pastel Easter candy has hit the shelves. Spring has sprung. As many of us start to leave our windows open while we swap our winter coats for rain jackets, thousands across the ...
Lighting the Dark with Tritium
Exit signs. Watch dials. Gun sights. Each of these items may emit glowing light – light that neither come from a battery nor requires electricity. This light source is emitted from tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen.
Five Years Later: Nuclear Plants are Safer than Ever
March 11 will always be an important date in history. The tragic events that unfolded that day across Japan, where thousands lost their lives, livelihoods and homes, and also affected the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, caught the attention ...
Inside “NCIS: Los Angeles”: Nuclear myths and truths
If you watched the Jan. 4 episode of “NCIS: Los Angeles,” you got an inside look at a decommissioned nuclear energy facility. Well, sort of. The team investigates the radiation poisoning of a sergeant moonlighting as a security officer at a fictional ...
Cherenkov Effect is Science, Not Science Fiction
In the movies, a nuclear reactor is always shown shrouded in an electric blue haze. It is easy to assume this is simply a special effect, but the blue glow is an actual real world phenomenon known as the Cherenkov effect or Cherenkov radiation. ...
Fall: Prime Time for Outages
For most people, the transition from summer to fall means back to school, the kickoff of football season and the leaves changing colors. Fall has a different meaning for those in the nuclear industry: outage season.
Career Spotlight: Work Control Center
Bill Mason in the McGuire Nuclear Station Work Control Center It takes a dedicated team to handle the day-to-day functions of running a nuclear station, and Work Control Center (WCC) teammates ensure plant operations run smoothly with the ...
STEM: A Critical Focus for Duke Energy
What do sheep eyeballs, robots, tornadoes, and balloon cars all have in common? Nearly 100 campers recently visited the EnergyExplorium at McGuire Nuclear Station, to take part in “Exploring Science,” a program designed to boost student’s interest in ...
National Emergency Exercise Prepares Utilities and Other Responders for the Unlikely
March 28, 1979, was a day that forever changed the nuclear power industry – the day of the Three Mile Island (TMI) accident in Pennsylvania. A combination of equipment malfunctions, design-related problems and human performance errors led to the ...
The Navy - A Valuable Tool for the Nuclear Industry
The United State Nuclear Navy program provides a valuable pipeline for talent to commercial nuclear operations across the country. A significant number of commercial nuclear workers begin their careers in the nuclear navy. Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, ...