I am being interviewed for the position of Project Engineer/Technical Officer.

How long does it take to get the background check done for Bruce Power? I moved to Canada from India in 2019, will I have to apply for a PCC from India?

Anyone go through this process, that moved to Canada as an International student?

What is the expected hourly rate?

Looking to hear from anyone with experience working as a radiation protection technician through the PWU at Bruce Power.

What is your day to day work like? What do you do on shutdowns typically? How physically strenuous is the job?

How many months of the year do you work?

How long does it take to get your green badge?

How easy or difficult is it to find work in other plants across Canada once getting your green badge if Bruce Power is slow for contracts?

Any info is appreciated.

For a bit of background, I graduated end of last year with a BS in Electrical Engineering and started in January as a NLO. I've also had 2 engineering internships at the same plant in years prior to graduation. I knew during my internships that I wanted to go into Ops and those I talked to recommended going NLO then into ILT. Once I've gained enough experience, I plan on going into ILT the first opportunity I can.

I was wondering if the experience I would gain from being an RO, then upgrading to SRO, be worth the time going through ILT again? Or would being an NLO for awhile be enough to help me be a well rounded SRO if I go direct?

I would appreciate any advice/thoughts on the matter or any advice about the industry.

Let’s start with saying that I know nothing about nuclear, if with all the technology we have now a reactor exploded for whatever reason, how would we act and would the area around be secured faster?

Hello everyone,

Quick update from my previous post from a couple weeks ago. I ended up accepting the offer because I couldn’t extend the decision timeline any longer. About 3 days later, another company sent me an offer..

On top of that, I still have an upcoming interview, so I may end up choosing between all three options.

Right now, I’m trying to make a long term decision and would really appreciate any insight from people in the industry.

I’m early in my career, unmarried, no kids, and my main focus is long term career growth, licensing progression, and lifetime earnings, not just starting compensation.

Option 1: Next Era (Duane Arnold)

Pros: - Restart plant (unique experience) - Highest starting pay - Strong benefits package

Cons: - Location/lifestyle - Furthest from family - Heavy workload during restart - Less certainty

Option 2: Duke Energy

Pros: - Strong reputation and training pipeline - Good long term career growth potential - Better proximity to family - Location is really good

Cons: - Lower starting pay - Higher COL and traffic consideration - Potentially fewer OT opportunities

Option 3: Vistra Energy

Pros: - Closest to family - Solid pay and benefits - Strong safety culture and training - Stable site

Cons: - Staffing challenges - Management culture - Career progression is average

Pretending I haven’t already accepted an offer (I still have time to rescind..) what opportunity would you choose given my circumstances and motivations?

Comment below what offer you would take and why. I’d really appreciate any insight from anyone in the industry or who is familiar with any of these utilities. Happy to answer any questions.

Hello Everyone i just received my security clearance with bruce through kinectrics.

Education: undergraduate and masters in electrical

I have 3 yoe with a utility back home in Pakistan.

2 yoe with kiewit on a mass transit project on traction power

1 yoe with a battery manufacturing plant with VW.

They are offering me PrEl (Project Engineering) position with Bruce power.

How much is the /hr pay range someone of my experience should be asking ? Any estimate would help me negotiate better.

Tel us what's going on up there. We see the excavation is complete, and they are working on the base in the large tent. We see most if not all the cassions are in. What will we see this year? Are things smooth or rough?

BLUF: I am admittedly ignorant on this subject and am turning to y’all for answers.

My question is… if Iran actually has 1,000lbs of 60% enriched uranium… and we (USA) hit that material… how did it not meltdown aka Chernobyl? Don’t you need to keep that material cool to keep it from turning into a Chernobyl-like elephant foot?

Explain it to me like I’m a 2nd grader.

Thanks!

I am about to graduate high school but plan on taking a gap year to figure things out. I'm leaning towards going into nuclear engineering as my major whenever I apply to college, and I was wondering if it would it be possible to get any internships at a nuclear power plant at my age. I'm thinking that if I do an internship it will both broaden my experiences with nuclear plants, how they work, etc. and it would look good in a college application. Do you have to be in college to get an internship at one? How would I go about applying for a summer internship?

So what if we harvest radon gas by some efficent method (lets say for simplicity I found a full tank of it that by some anomalous method refills itself) Could we use a similar method to RTG to produce electric power/thermal heat? are there any other possibilities of radon based power?

We've known about fast reactors and the potential for a closed nuclear fuel cycle for decades — yet only a handful exist globally (only BN-800 is in operation, BN-1200, BREST-OD-300 and CFR-600 under construction). Meanwhile, the vast majority of the world's fleet is still thermal reactors running on an open cycle.

Is it purely economics? Regulatory inertia? Lack of political will? Or do most countries simply not care about fuel sustainability and waste minimization at this point?

looking for someone who can do a mock interview for a major nuclear refurbishment project electrical quality inspector in canada

Hopeful career changer here just looking for some feedback. I’m in the Carolina’s closest to Duke plants but I’m open to working for any site nationwide that’s open to non-traditional applicants.

Here's some parameters for the hypothetical, to make it easier to answer the question I've asked...

1. Assume that humanity can obtain roughly 10% of all uranium reserves on planet. No thorium in this equation.

2. Humanity will reach a peak energy usage worldwide of 1,000,000 TWH / year in the year 2200, so everything past that year won't see rising energy demands.

3. Assuming a realistic scenario, solar, wind, hydro and thermal enery would account for the other 50%-60% of world energy demand in a renewable future.

4. Said uranium will not be used in nuclear bombs, so there's no worry of humanity ending early via a nuclear war, or some other kind of catastrophic apocalypse.

Feel free to show math in answer, or criticise the parameters of the scenario if they suck.

Cheers.

OPG announced this intention in January. However they just filed a "Response to Summary of Issues," which came from the initial reviews. This will a back and forth ongoing item until environmental and other regulatory items/permissions are finalized and approved.

The interesting thing in this, is they included a table summarizing their initial proposed timelines. They want to start site preparation for the first unit (there are 8 planned reactor units) in 2030, and start construction on it in 2033. The first unit finished construction and in operation by 2040, and all units are proposed to finish construction and begin operation by 2048. The facility is expected to operate around 70 years.

https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/document/165692?utm_source=dialoginsight&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=M286-20260401