the Nuclear Electrical Engineer
An educational resource for electrical engineers in the nuclear power industry
This may be helpful to you when you take it. Half of those who took it with me failed on their first attempt…
Continue reading “How I passed the power PE exam on the first try, 13 years after graduating”
There are several color-coding schemes for control cables. Get quick links to them here…
Continue reading “Cable Color Code Charts”
Next-generation nuclear plants are more expensive to build in the United States than elsewhere in the world, like in China. A group of researchers tried to understand why, and what to do about it… Continue reading “Why nuclear plants are more expensive to build in the US than overseas, and 4 ways to reduce costs”
Iowa’s only nuclear plant is said to stimulate $255 million in economic activity in the state, and about half a billion nationally… Continue reading “Duane Arnold nuclear plant to close in 2020”
Flow meters are frequently used and installed in nuclear plants. But there are numerous factors to consider when selecting the correct one for the job. This guide does a pretty good of summarizing them… Continue reading “How to select a flow meter”
The nuclear power industry could be facing the loss of four more units and 4,048 megawatts of power… Continue reading “Three more nuclear plants to close in next three years?”
Power uprates like this have added over 23 gigawatts of extra nuclear generating capacity over the years… Continue reading “EPU underway at Browns Ferry Unit 3”
This is the outcome of the collapse of Westinghouse and the shutdown of new plant construction at VC Summer… Continue reading “Dominion Energy to buy SCANA”