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, ...
Vets Provide Backbone to Nuclear Power Industry
Duke Energy has a long history of employing veterans of the United States Armed Forces across its enterprise. It is Duke’s longstanding belief that the knowledge and skills gained in the military translate well to a rewarding career in the electric ...
Nuclear Fuels Engineers Are Masters of Interior Design
Nuclear power plants in the United States produce electricity 24/7 and are baseload generating plants. Baseload power refers to generating resources that operate continuously and provide reliable power to customers, only shutting down for scheduled ...
Outage workers boost local economies
Each spring visitors of a special kind arrive in the sleepy little coastal town of Southport, N.C. These visitors come with great purpose and bring with them a mini-economic boom for this small town and many others like it across the entire country. ...
The 411 on Operator Training and Licensing
A focus on safety, commitment and accountability – these are the core elements of an effective nuclear reactor operator. A nuclear reactor operator, senior reactor operator or anyone supervising the operation of a commercial nuclear reactor must be ...
Nuclear First Responders: There When Needed
When one hears the words "first responder," the first thing that comes to mind are emergency medical technicians, fire fighters and police officers. These are also the first responders at a nuclear facility — the medical emergency response team, the ...
Community leaders get inside look at Crystal River Nuclear Plant decommissioning
Don Taylor, 65, drove down the three mile access road and pulled into the visitor’s left lane at the Access Control Point – the first layer of security before coming onto plant property. A security officer cross-checked his driver’s license, looked ...
A day in the life of a Nuclear Industrial Safety Professional - Part two
Welcome back to the rest of the story about Duke Energy’s commitment to health and safety of employees and a look into health and safety work activities at a nuclear plant. One of the benefits discussed about working in the health and safety field at ...
A day in the life of a Nuclear Industrial Safety Professional - Part one
Employees working in the nuclear industry take pride in promoting and working in a safe environment. Not only are there highly trained teams of security officers around every corner, behind the scenes there are teams of industrial health and safety ...
Powerful Career Paths in the Nuclear Industry
Did you know the U.S. nuclear energy industry supports approximately 100,000 quality, high-paying American jobs? And, did you know the majority of workers employed by the nuclear energy industry are non-nuclear engineers? There are job opportunities ...