I hope you are trolling us.
If not,

 

While I don't have nuke experience. I have worked in industrial/power generation for 15 years, residential/commercial for about the same. Our turbines were 6800 volt as was most of our busses. We co-gen with the PoCo with incoming voltage at the primary side of 115,000 volts. Power generation is nothing like what you're familiar with. Even plant maintenance at the paper mill is different than the power house. We worked on switch gear from 575 volts up to 14,400 volts. The big contractors had DC coils(250 volt) and we had battery banks that powered the controls. It's a different world from what you know.

 

They're gonna try to give you small tubes and tell you to take them home and "get rid of them." Don't fall for it - that's the spent plutonium and they're just trying to reduce disposal costs.

 

On a serious note, everything you do will require documentation. Do not try to out perform others. Usually these jobs are closely managed and the people you work for get paid by how many people they have on the jobsite.
Safety is paramount. Its possible to open and close a door, it still show as open and you will be blamed for it.
If you haven't worked industrial be aware that your PPE not only protects your body but puts your mind in safety mode.
Bottom line is, you can make an inadvertent mistake and get yourself fired. Become the person that takes charge of the group paperwork if no one else wants it.
As far as working goes, leave everything you know at the gate and dont complain about having to hurry up and wait. Also, always have something to carry with you.
Oh yeah, people are watching you every minute of very day.

 

Become the person that takes charge of the group paperwork if no one else wants it.
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Some workers are paper work perfectionist and others can't keep track of where to sign the document.

Know which you are and if paperwork is not your thing let someone else do it.

 

Yeah I am pretty familiar with all the documentation and procedure of working any job in general at the plant. I have a good friend who has explained most all of this to me but he is a mechanic and doesn't know much about the electrical side. Just really wondering about the work. I didn't know if it would be more like taking parts out of various items and rebuilding them or more like a lot of rigid bending and wire pulls. The thing that is confusing is that on "project" work i know you will be making wire pulls and installing new equipment sometimes but didn't know if this was to be expected in such a tight time frame as an outage. Since i am a residential electrician basically i was hoping to be able to get more hands on experience with conduit bending and working with larger equipment as well as large conductor termination etc

 

I know that they always provided every tool needed.
Just be aware that it takes quite a while to assemble a crew and that they cant just ask people to stay home. This means that at times, there might not be enough work to keep everyone busy 100% of the time. Be aware of that and if the work gets sparse, do what you can to remain on your task, it makes the management look better.
They cant usually help much about the work flow. If you dont think you can be adaptable to this kind of situation and the frustration that goes along with it, dont get into that kind of work.
We usually see more older guys on these jobs that have developed patience. The young bulls want to get out there and try to show off by burning up work. They sometimes are the first to get moved around.

 

The paperwork will drive you to drink.

I saw a disconnect mounted where the door couldn't open during an interview. I pointed it out and was told the paperwork had been in for a couple of years to reorient it.

The instrument shop had about 40 guys sitting around reading at 10 AM.

There will be all sorts of armed guards around you at all times, never make a quick move!

You will need an armed guard with you when you go to cash your paycheck

 

You will do the same work for the most part as any other power plant electrician, just will do it step by step double verified by the book every single time and if you need to deviate from the procedure then the whole world comes to a stop for years. This is my life, ugh.

 

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