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Nuclear Street focuses on making connections in the Nuclear Power Industry. Through our industry focused portal, we help bring together job seekers with industry employers or recruiters. Nuclear Street provides a powerful database driven application that gives you the flexibility and tools to locate...

Career Advancement Career paths offer options at nuclear power plants. Many different kinds of engineers as well as other professionals are required to design and build a nuclear power plant and to run it and improve its design once it is built. Engineers working at operating plants may choose to...

Job Security Nuclear plant longevity-a young industry. In the United States, nuclear plants are licensed to operate for 40 years with the opportunity to renew for an additional 20. The average age of the 103 commercial nuclear power plants operating in this country is only 20 years. License renewal...

Work Environment Operations engineers monitor the plant in action. Operations engineers spend about 80 percent of their time in the plant and 20 percent in their office. It is a hands on job. They walk around the plant inspecting equipment, doing everything from turning valves to checking transformers...

Plant Safety Nuclear plants have achieved an outstanding industrial safety record. For years, America's commercial nuclear energy industry has ranked among the safest places to work in the United States. In 2005, nuclear's industrial safety accident rate-which tracks the number of accidents that result...

More good general info from the NEI website: Design Integral to Operations and Maintenance Design is a central function of operating and maintaining existing plants. Creative engineering design does not occur only when a new nuclear plant is being built. The same kind of design project a beginning...

Gparbst, Thanks for the compliment on Nuclear Street . About your question, no you’re not too close to retirement age to find a job in the nuclear industry. I think the issue is finding the right “type” of job. In my experience (17 years in nuclear power), the mechanical maintenance...

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) has some good general information about nuclear careers. The following information is provided from the NEI website: Job Opportunities Varied employment opportunities. Employers in nuclear commercial power generation include full-service utility companies, electricity...

The Independent (a London news website) had an headline that caught my eye. "10,000 nuclear jobs for British workers" . That is a very big number! Even though they are bringing in the local union, It shows the man power it can take to build a new plant. 10,000 nuclear jobs for British workers ...

Entergy's Palisades Power Plant in Covert Township is hiring. It says it needs 64 new workers in the following fields: mechanics, electricians, instrumentation and control technicians, radiation-protection technicians, training instructors, maintenance planners and engineers of various disciplines...

Nuclear Power Industry Poised To Meet Challenges to Expansion Creative ideas, innovative programs to address labor, manufacturing gaps Washington -- The U.S. nuclear power industry is tackling a lack of skilled workers, insufficient manufacturing capacity and other problems as it works to expand...

Article in the Decatur Daily stressing the need for more nuclear workers... CHATTANOOGA (AP) — Nuclear power is making a comeback, but there may not be enough workers to build and man the plants. A new Department of Labor report has found that more than a third of workers in the nuclear power industry...

The Chattanooga Times have picked up on this story too.... The numbers below are impressive! The Tennessee Valley Authority is preparing to hire thousands of contract workers next year to build what could be the first of more than two dozen nuclear reactors added in the South over the next two...

Larry Keim is an authority on guiding professionals through career change. Keim believes that "green" industries will be growing at a pace ahead of many other industries over the next several years. Houston, TX October 4, 2007 -- Larry Keim is an authority on guiding professionals through career change...

The nuclear manpower shortage is worldwide according to this World Nuclear News article.... Member states of the OECD's Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) have unanimously adopted a statement on the need for qualified human resources in the nuclear field, reflecting their concerns about difficulties...

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Adticle from The News & Advance in Lynchburg, VA Areva’s new design for a nuclear reactor that was sent to the federal government this week could lead to an expansion with new jobs in Lynchburg, said Tom Christopher, the company’s president of U.S. operations. Approval for the expansion is...

21st Jan 2008 Monday We are an American fortune 500 company with ongoing projects in China; Construction of Nuclear Power Plants .Open positions are as follows .. A] Design Supervisiors B] Cost/Risk Control Managers C] Project Schedulers -Primavera 5.0 D] Project Procurement Supervisors...

Riding on the tide of renewed interest in nuclear energy, the Holtec Manufacturing Division in Turtle Creek has expanded its plant and is hiring 500 in the next three to five years. Formerly U.S. Tool & Die, HMD makes dry fuel storage canisters and high tech racks for nuclear utilities in the...

By Jane M. Von Bergen Philly.com - Inquirer Staff Writer Forgive the pun, but engineer Jennifer Lee, 25, radiates enthusiasm when she talks about her job at the Limerick nuclear plant near Pottstown. Her blond hair swings, her blue eyes flash, and she launches into a riff: "Nuclear plants...

Hi emgineering, There are several companies that are hiring entry level engineers, including several utilities. There are several questions that you probably need to ask yourself like...do you want to relocate and if yes, where?.. do you want to work for a larger company or a smaller one? both offer...

Hello, I'm a outage worker. I've been doing Nozzle Dams for three years now. My goal is to get on a crew handling fuel by this fall. If anyone knows who I need to call or if your crew needs a good hand let me know!!! Thanks for your time, Colt.

From timesunion.com By ERIC ANDERSON , Deputy business editor TROY -- The agency that oversees the nuclear power industry is facing "massive" retirements and is scrambling to recruit as nuclear energy is once again expanding. But unlike a decade or two ago, "young people today...

From The Herald INDIAN LAND -- The URS Nuclear Center is positioned to be at the heart of a "nuclear renaissance" over the next decade, company officials said Monday. And one Palmetto State lawmaker pledged to fight for pro-nuclear energy policies in Washington during a dedication ceremony...

From: timesfreepress.com Chattanooga is going back to the future to reclaim part of its manufacturing base. Economic recruiters hope the Tennessee Valley can capitalize on the predicted revival of nuclear power to regain some of the engineering, construction and manufacturing jobs the region shed...