Nuclear Professional Profiles: Reactor Engineer (Part 2)
Jenn Saucier, McGuire Nuclear Station In this two-part series, the Nuclear Information Center offers a glimpse into what it is like to be a reactor engineer. We asked Jenn Saucier, a reactor engineer at McGuire Nuclear Station to sit down with us and ...
Nuclear Professional Profiles: Reactor Engineer
Reactor Engineer Jenn Saucier shows off her personal protective equipment before she starts work in the plant. Jenn Saucier, McGuire Nuclear Station In this two-part series, the Nuclear Information Center offers a glimpse into what it is like to be a ...
Natural Nuclear Reactors - Two Billion Years-Old!
Rethink for just a minute what you know about nuclear energy. Set aside the idea that nuclear energy can only be produced at highly engineered nuclear reactors with multiple, redundant safety features. Site of the Oklo natural nuclear reactors in ...
Sea Turtles Find Their Way Home, Thanks to Brunswick Employees
As beach-goers look on, Brunswick employee Chuck Nelson releases a 6-pound Kemp’s Ridley turtle back to the sea on Oak Island Every April, sea turtles begin their migration up and down the east coast as they return to the places where they were born ...
Safety Always Matters
On an average workday, nearly 1,000 employees at the Harris Nuclear Plant in New Hill, N.C., drive past a colorful sign as they enter the security checkpoint. Although the sign features a montage of friendly, smiling faces and cute pets, it carries a ...
Thorium - The Smart Rock
The amount of thorium it would take to provide one individual with all the power to run his or her entire life is the size of a marble. The proposal to use thorium in nuclear reactors has been a tantalizing possibility since the 1970s. Thorium, aptly ...
In This Industry, Partnerships Are Key - Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part series on key partnerships in the nuclear industry. Click here to read part 1. The success of the nuclear industry relies on a plethora of community and professional partnerships. Nuclear professionals build ...
A Brief History of Nuclear Power in the U.S.
Shippingport power station was the first commercial nuclear power plant in the world. In the post-World War II era, the Atomic Energy Commission was created to explore peaceful opportunities for the same nuclear materials the U.S. used in Japan at the ...
It’s The Cool Thing to Do
The cooling tower; it's the icon of the nuclear world. It's also mistakenly thought to be spewing pollution. It's actually water vapor (or steam). Let's take a look at how cooling towers produce the water vapor you see. Thermoelectric power plants, ...
Nuclear Energy - Made in China
China's Nuclear Program Experiencing Rapid Growth Within 20 to 30 years, China could emerge as a world leader in nuclear generation as it transitions a significant portion of its power-generating system to nuclear energy.1 Already, China has 15 ...