Hey everyone,

I’m studying RPFUN1 on westinghousenuclear.com and prepping for my exam in November. I know everything is important, but I don’t want to accidentally neglect any topic. For those currently in the field, what areas would you say I should focus on the most — the stuff that really matters day-to-day?

Any tips or advice would be super appreciated!

Anyone know what the work culture is like at plants run by Florida Power and Light? Saw some SRO jobs pop for both Turkey point and PSL and looking at maybe applying. That recent news article has me doing some digging on the work culture and environment. Is there a ton of overtime? Are SROs happy there?

I have an interview in a couple weeks at Bruce power, wanting to know if anyone knows what kinds of questions will be asked for Radiation Safety Technician. Thanks

Could you tell if there had been a nuclear accident thousands of miles away? Especially if they were denying it? How could you tell?

I've been in the power industry for quite awhile now, and am looking forward to nuclear power being deployed in South East Asia. Every time there is a hint that nuclear power is being considered, it immediately dies off. What could be the reasons other than pushback from a less informed public?

Anyone ever heard of First American Nuclear? SMR company with a design.. Friend of mine works there but seems like a crowded space

NON-EU citizen I want to work in EU. I have master and bachelor degrees in radiation safety, but i have no experience. can someone help me, what should i do? a lot of companies declines my applications because of my citizenship (uzbek). And maybe you know some tricks that can help me. please share any experience that you have

I’m 20 in the union and I put in a bid while laid off and they accepted my bid but I have to go through the background check my pops was telling me my dui I got over 2 years ago could make me not pass just curious if anyone else with a dui had any issues getting through

I think nuclear power is pretty neat, and just want to know if there is a vr simulation so that I can try to run one

If you had to make an educated bet on which US startup has the most promise in the next 10 years, who would it be?

Hi guys, I am a beginner in nuclear power, and recently got into this hobby(?), and need help trying to find detailed explanations and references(preferably text, not video) about how nuclear power plants work. I grasp a basic understanding of nuclear power(fission, fusion, that sort of stuff), and references on that part is also welcome, but mainly power plants, preferably the common ones first like PWRs and BWRs, to begin with my journey as a hobbyist.

Thanks in advance!

TLDR
I am by no means an expert on anything Nuclear Power but I keep on thinking about this 'Jumpstart Fusion' idea where a safe, small, & confinable amount of fissile material reacts and reaches sub critical temperatures. The initial burst of heat and energy from the fission reaction is compressed by opposing exterior & interior magnetic forces. Under the assumed correct conditions following the first stages of this reaction, could this fissile material 'jumpstart' and or continuously flow into a dense and powerful but sustainable super heated fusion plasma result in output > input overcoming the Lawson Criterion?

Crude Jumpstart Fusion Hybrid Reactor Animation

Crude Animation Explanation
This animation is mainly inspired by Helion Energy's fusion reactor but inverted with a bit of a hydrogen bomb like whimsy. On either side of the football like shape sits two fissile toroid objects that would be set to fire at the same time. These two fissile toroids are perfectly centered on the cone shaped objects which are the interior magnets who's force is repelling towards the outer shell. The outer shell experiences repulsive forces from all directions and at its geometric center, these forces balance, resulting in a net force of zero holding the fusion plasma in the center sustained by the surrounding black magnets. Btw the shell & black magnets are cut in half to show the reaction animation.

Thoughts? Feedback? Is this worth spending more time on?

Since the referendum has ended, the fate of nuclear generation on the island is all but sealed for good, at least for the foreseeable future.

Total Electricity Supplied(based on IAEA PRIS data): Chinshan 1- 155 TWh Chinshan 2- 167.36 TWh

Kuosheng 1- 270.95 TWh Kuosheng 2- 266.07 TWh.

Maanshan 1- 266.75 TWh Maanshan 2- 271.08 TWh(as of Dec. 2024).

In total, all six reactors have prevented roughly 1,400-1,500 million tonnes of CO2 emission since 1978, which was at the height of Taiwan’s rapid industrialisation.

As of late 2016, both Mainland China and Taiwan were exchanging operational expertise related to aging equipment maintenance. That dialogue I believe is still continuing to this day.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20250904/k10014912421000.html

According to NHK, the meeting was held primarily because TEPCO has shifted its focus on restarting unit 6 instead of unit 7.

Local authorities again demanded TEPCO to present a decomm. plan of unit 1-5 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa within two yrs of restarting, which TEPCO president stated that the plan will be drawn perhaps earlier.

As of right now, unit 1 at K-K will certainly be decommed, and most likely followed by unit 2 and 3. Mainly, TEPCO doesn’t have the finances(Fukushima clean-up) to restart all seven. The worst case scenario is that only unit 5 will be restarted after unit 6 and 7 in the late 2030s.

A company with such a stained history, perhaps it should feel lucky that they are still allowed to operate such a facility. Good riddance

I'm looking for advice on how to engage some external experts on nuclear design. I'm part of a small startup that's designing a sodium SMR, and we need experts to review our designs and give feedback. That would be every aspect of the design, but with a particular focus on the core and safety.

We've been trawling LinkedIn and cold-messaging folks, but I thought I'd reach out to this subreddit and see if anyone had ideas for a more fruitful approach.

Edit - another question is about hiring US consultants. We are outside the US - are we completely blocked from receiving guidance from any US citizen, because of Part 810?

This is a legit question from someone with no nuclear engineering knowledge. I'm interested in technology and startups, and have been following the company and founder Isaiah Taylor on LinkedIn / X. Doing some quick research, I found a lot of criticism here on Reddit.

Can someone explain the main points of criticism? Is it because the founder is not an engineer by training (we saw successful "deep tech" startups being founded by outsiders already)? Is it because of overly optimistic deadlines? Technical approach? All of the above?

hello! I’m very interested in working with nuclear energy, and I’m wondering if anyone has advice on a good college major? my university doesn’t offer a nuclear engineering major specifically, and I’m not sure i would want the specific major anyway as it seems like it could have limited applications outside of nuclear energy (pls correct me if im wrong!). my intended major is chemical engineering, but I realized im closer to the point of declaring and breaking off into more specific discipline classes than i thought.

i’m very interested in chemical engineering (obviously), but materials engineering as well (i know there’s some overlap here). I’m wondering if these are good majors to get into nuclear engineering?

also, how can i get more involved with nuclear engineering if my college doesn’t offer a major? any advice is appreciated!

I’m waiting on unescorted access, did my PHQ about 11 days ago and they called my employers and references already. How long does it usually take in the United States for clearance?

Suggest a nice PhD thesis topic in nuclear and radiation physics

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/further-life-extension-of-two-uk-nuclear-power-stations

EDF announced that both Hartlepool and Heysham 1 will be extended by another yr to March 2028. EDF has previously extended Hartlepool and Heysham 1 operation in December 2024.

The decision comes after positive graphite inspections over the past nine months.

The thing with the AGR is that once the graphite pile is completed, it cannot be uncompleted… ONR dictates(if I remember correctly), a max. of 30mm inside and 40mm on the outside for each crack.

My physics teacher gave me this, it relates to nuclear but I don't know what any of this means. Also we're trying to answer how we know it's not chemistry and is nuclear.

NON-EU citizen I want to work in EU. I have master and bachelor degrees in radiation safety, but i have no experience. can someone help me, what should i do? a lot of companies declines my applications because of my citizenship (uzbek)