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| Image of danger sign outside high power facility |
Can you sketch the EPCP? Come on you remember; I’ll help you, draw a Turbine generator on port, now another turbine generator on starboard, a tie bus, and Motor Generator. Where do I draw the battery well?
Alright, I’ll stop the correct drawing of the EPCP is not really crucial. Here is what is important: the experience and knowledge you gain in power plants during your nuclear career can be useful in ways which might not be as obvious.
Let me put the idea this way, in the past ex nukes explored opportunities in Nuclear Power once they left the nuclear navy. Over the years after Chernobyl and Three Miles Island accidents and again recently in light of the Japanese Tsunami the nuclear segment have downplayed the possible careers in this field.
What about the power portion? The power portion will be alive and well due to the simple fact in order to maintain a modern society the power must stay on and trained technicians and engineers will be needed to order to make this a reality. That is where you the ex- nuke comes in.
Therefore, there are bound to be opportunities for those who enter the civilian world knowing how a high voltage power system works. Now there’s an efficient use of the time spent standing watch.
