developing a new workforce
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Developing a New Workforce
info@gses.com
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Your Speaker
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• Over 35 years experience in military and private-sector engineering, management and training
• U.S. Naval Academy graduate
• Former nuclear plant executive
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Two Experienced Operators
• Southern Nuclear building AP1000 - Vogtle 3 and 4 (USA)
• Brazil Navy building nuclear submarines
• GSE Jump Start
provides proven candidates
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Developing a New Workforce
• What did Southern Company do for new nuclear plants Vogtle 3 and 4?
• Background of US Nuclear
• Background of Southern Company
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US Nuclear History
Navy Nuclear• Over 50 years experience • Over 6,500 reactor-years• Over 200,000 persons trained
Universities• Up to 25 universities• Top schools include MIT, Georgia Tech, Texas A&M and Ohio State
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Southern Company Nuclear History
Southern Nuclear Company
• Operated 6 NPPs for 30 years
• 90,000 person-years of NPP ops, maintenance, radiation protection, etc.
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Southern Recruiting
First 100 operators were nearly all US Navy Experienced
• Top-notch• Experienced Operators• Experienced Instructors
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GSE Jump Start
• Despite national, company and individual’s experience, Southern chose GSE to conduct Jump Start Training
• All students fully successful
• Risk Avoidance– $1M/Day– ‘Face’– Regulatory Margin
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Brazil’s New Nuclear Submarines
• Training on fundamental sciences, typical nuclear plant systems and plant operations
• Preparation for formal training program
• Many advanced nuclear degrees frominternational universities
• Conducted Jump Start training for first 24 students in November 2012
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GSE Jump Start
14 weeks of nuclear science fundamentals– Thermodynamics– Physics– Components
4 weeks of plant systems
4 weeks of plant operations using VPanels– Rigorous, customized, focused
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Summary
• Plant staff is highly important
• Start developing plant staff early
• Emphasize plant operations fundamentals starting with level of knowledge
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