Here you can find design tips on technical skills like cable and breaker sizing, short-circuit evaluations and more, PLUS deep-dive analysis of nuclear-specific topics like design basis, Tech Specs, UFSARs, and safety-related SSCs — built from primary source documents.
Reflections on experiences during plant outages from 2017 to 2021, documenting technical lessons and personal insights gained while working night shifts with diverse teams.
Continue reading →From Tip of the Week, 16 February 2019 — week two of a six-week outage. Working the outage night shift has me thinking a lot about rodeos…
Read more →Expanded from Tip of the Week, 2 March 2019. When a diesel generator rejects a heavy load, the voltage spikes…
Read more →I’ve always wanted to measure the background radiation of everyday places. Not for any professional reason — just because I…
No single definition has distributed more disarray. This is the story of why it happened…
It was only a matter of time…
A recent Executive Order signals a profound recalibration of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s mandate, aiming to accelerate U.S. nuclear energy…
Multiple economic, political, and international factors have combined to give nuclear power the breakout it needed…