Skill levels generally differ between plant operator shifts. Further, these differences often cause divides among the shifts that result in unequal divisions of responsibility. Comprehensive, ...

Faced with the necessity of doing more with less—and less-experienced—staff, the power business increasingly is turning to simulators for reliable and efficient real-world training. Training ...

Don Stewart, left, and Bill Hattery, 88th Air Base Wing Civil Engineer Group boiler plant mechanics, check the boiler physical pressure and flame pattern during operations at the Wright-Patterson Air ...

Technology firm TerraPower broke ground in August on a training center adjacent to its soon-to-be constructed advanced nuclear power reactor in Kemmerer, Wyo. The training facility will prepare future ...

Lewis and Clark Community College partnered with Siemens to create a unique student program that blends simulation and internships, giving students the real-world experience required to be successful ...

Utility companies are preparing a new wave of workers to run first-of-their-kind nuclear plants, a process certain to influence how workers are trained on the new technology for decades to come.

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New control room simulators will be used in the training of operators for the AP1000 units currently under construction at Sanmen and Haiyang in China. The first batch of operators is set to qualify ...

The most valuable skill around the asphalt plant is the ability to keep it running, focus on candidates with a mechanical background C.M. Consulting we sell numerous new and used asphalt plants each ...

The oil and gas production explosion is driving the renaissance of the chemical and process industries in North America. With low-cost natural gas comes low-cost feedstock for many chemical compounds, ...

A new training center has opened to prepare about 50 operators for reactivation if Iowa's Duane Arnold nuclear plant in 2029. The plant, shuttered in 2020, will provide power to Google's data centers ...

A group of students from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has completed the first stage of training to become qualified operators for the country's new fleet of nuclear power reactors. A group of ...