tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post7357823550458145464..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Nuclear Training and Questions about the FutureMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-1312081081753802462013-11-10T20:16:26.328-05:002013-11-10T20:16:26.328-05:00Robert
Thank you for your comments.
Just about t...Robert<br /><br />Thank you for your comments.<br /><br />Just about the part of the question addressed to me.<br /><br />Robert, your main question was great! <br /><br />And I know you didn't mean badly with the comments that I didn't include. Having been interviewed myself, I know it is tough..you say stuff, but how it comes out in the article, what they choose to print..who knows? <br /><br />I think it was great to see an interview with a pro-nuclear person. The newspapers are full of mostly opponent interviews. You know, opponent after opponent saying:" I am SO scared!" I like to encourage pro-nuclear people to speak out, even if the reporter won't always choose the perfect quotes. <br />Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-1199215431461146782013-11-10T19:53:13.678-05:002013-11-10T19:53:13.678-05:00Mike, what I wonder is isn't the NRC mostly pe...Mike, what I wonder is isn't the NRC mostly people who are in the nuclear industry and have engineering and scientific background? Its kind of like the head of the FDA would have to be a doctor or a scientist or people in the FAA would have to know about aviation. But what I have a problem with is that the blogs I read say that a restart is impossible, which to one on the outside doesn't sound right. I mean, a closed school was reopened in my area and they were able to get teachers right away. <br /><br />Nuke Roadie, I think you are right. After all, not all McDonalds restaurants are exactly the same but if you worked at one I sure you can work at another. So why can McD do that and the nuclear industry cannot?<br /><br />Meredith, I am sorry about what I said but how many other people saw that article and felt the same way?Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908138135691152544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-65709660159275912902013-11-10T16:46:27.925-05:002013-11-10T16:46:27.925-05:00I'm no RO but as a maintenance tech what I hav...I'm no RO but as a maintenance tech what I have seen is most plants are basically the same but with different layouts. My biggest contention is with the huge differences between procedures at different plants. I have always said these should be more standardized for the travelers. I have over 300 quals that mean nothing at a new plant. No one recognizes quals from even sister plants. I assume its a liability issue, if I mess up then the plant that qualed me is responsible. I still say a reactor is a reactor and the transition should not be that intense or difficult. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15480855257815486232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-31252853466226661792013-11-10T16:43:28.416-05:002013-11-10T16:43:28.416-05:00Some parts of operating are genric and others are ...Some parts of operating are genric and others are not but what is proposed here would have to be approved by the NRC but making the proposal costs money in and of itself because the NRC will never guarantee an answer or outcome. Look at Yankee Rowe shutdown there was a fix that would have kept plant open (annealing the vessel) but NRC would not pre-approve the process and the company could not afford the gamble. To keep VY trained personnel you have to get it all pre-approved, and you would have to perform all the hundreds of Preventative Maintenance tasks to keep the plant ready to run, no small task and do it with no income stream. Not even mentioning that the minute the plan was proposed the antis would come screaming out of the wood work with intervener status to attempt to block it. Can you imagine running any other business this way not gonna happen.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348203927688104641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-34734888092118292692013-11-10T16:34:44.137-05:002013-11-10T16:34:44.137-05:00Robert,
You asked a very good question. An import...Robert,<br /><br />You asked a very good question. An important question. <br /><br />I have had no answers on the blog as yet, but I did get a private email. This person said that the number of people being laid off from nuclear plants might be more of a problem in the job search than the time of retraining for a new plant. In other words, he thought the root problem was too many workers chasing too few jobs.Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-50352922309221788982013-11-10T16:17:11.118-05:002013-11-10T16:17:11.118-05:00Wow! I didn't know I was such a hit!Wow! I didn't know I was such a hit! Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908138135691152544noreply@blogger.com