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Originally posted by: DorkBoy
I was the first to achieve criticality (Reactor Startup, I was the Reactor Operator) today at a U.S. nuclear power plant using MOX fuel.
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Excuse my ignorance, but is that a bad thing or a good thing?

I'm guessing good?
 
Originally posted by: jumpr
Originally posted by: DorkBoy
I was the first to achieve criticality (Reactor Startup, I was the Reactor Operator) today at a U.S. nuclear power plant using MOX fuel.
Click to expand...
Excuse my ignorance, but is that a bad thing or a good thing?

I'm guessing good?
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BAD
 
Originally posted by: jumpr
Originally posted by: DorkBoy
I was the first to achieve criticality (Reactor Startup, I was the Reactor Operator) today at a U.S. nuclear power plant using MOX fuel.
Click to expand...
Excuse my ignorance, but is that a bad thing or a good thing?

I'm guessing good?
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I doubt any power company wants to kill off 1,000,000 customers?
Must b good.
 
Originally posted by: jumpr
Originally posted by: DorkBoy
I was the first to achieve criticality (Reactor Startup, I was the Reactor Operator) today at a U.S. nuclear power plant using MOX fuel.
Click to expand...
Excuse my ignorance, but is that a bad thing or a good thing?

I'm guessing good?
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Good. Gives you another fuel source. Weapons grade plutonium is different from the normal nuclear plant fuel.
 
Originally posted by: DorkBoy
Originally posted by: jumpr
Originally posted by: DorkBoy
I was the first to achieve criticality (Reactor Startup, I was the Reactor Operator) today at a U.S. nuclear power plant using MOX fuel.
Click to expand...
Excuse my ignorance, but is that a bad thing or a good thing?

I'm guessing good?
Click to expand...


I doubt any power company wants to kill off 1,000,000 customers?
Must b good.
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:thumbsup:
 
It must be cool to be a reactor operator... I here the pay is lousy, but the title and idea of it all is awesome! 🙂
 
Originally posted by: edro13
It must be cool to be a reactor operator... I here the pay is lousy, but the title and idea of it all is awesome! 🙂
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depends what lousy is:
I make around 100,000 sitting on my ass.
 
:thumbsup: congrats from an ex-Navy nuke (electrician, they only let me be a shutdown reactor operator)
 
Originally posted by: edro13
It must be cool to be a reactor operator... I here the pay is lousy, but the title and idea of it all is awesome! 🙂
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"Hey baby, I'm a nuclear reactor operator. I don't even need a glow-in-the-dark condom."
 
Originally posted by: DorkBoy
Originally posted by: edro13
It must be cool to be a reactor operator... I here the pay is lousy, but the title and idea of it all is awesome! 🙂
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depends what lousy is:
I make around 100,000 sitting on my ass.
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All the postings I have seen were around 28-40k.

Nice job, and congratulations!
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
:thumbsup: congrats from an ex-Navy nuke (electrician, they only let me be a shutdown reactor operator)
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Figured that you couldn't fvck it up too much that way, huh? 😀
 
Originally posted by: Chode Messiah
If that is weapons grade, it should definitely have a high efficiency. Security must be extra tight a ur site right?
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Yes, was with the DOE, they escorted the rods to the site and stayed here until we off loaded them into the spent fuel pool. Then our site took control we have tight security anyways.

 
Originally posted by: DorkBoy
Originally posted by: edro13
It must be cool to be a reactor operator... I here the pay is lousy, but the title and idea of it all is awesome! 🙂
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depends what lousy is:
I make around 100,000 sitting on my ass.
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But a really bad day at your job can be really bad.
I suppose there isn't much to worry about though, it's pretty safe these days. Do you think we'll see more plants using weapons grade fuel? I'd think they would be really popular in Russia.
 
Originally posted by: DorkBoy
Originally posted by: FoBoT
:thumbsup: congrats from a ex-Navy nuke (electrician, they only let me be a shutdown reactor operator)
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I am also an EX-Navy Nuke - MM
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what boat/ship? i was on uss florida (G) from '88 to '92
 
Originally posted by: edro13
Originally posted by: DorkBoy
Originally posted by: edro13
It must be cool to be a reactor operator... I here the pay is lousy, but the title and idea of it all is awesome! 🙂
Click to expand...

depends what lousy is:
I make around 100,000 sitting on my ass.
Click to expand...

All the postings I have seen were around 28-40k.

Nice job, and congratulations!
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WTF?
No Nuke job in the USA pays 28-40k

 
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