tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555522.post1105342895171248454..comments2007-11-15T14:16:15.643-08:00bwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07541279438184352860noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555522.post-46828614680749842352007-11-15T14:16:00.000-08:002007-11-15T14:16:00.000-08:00Early small plants did only have 49 people working at them. <BR/><BR/>An example from Big Rock Point, fifth nuclear reactor (operated from the mid-sixties to the mid-nineties.)<BR/><BR/><I>In April 1960, Hausler, assistant manager of a Consumers’ coal plant, was offered the position of manager of the new plant. He recalls, "Practically all the staff was from coal plants. We had a nuclear engineer and health physics supervisor, but no one else had any nuclear background. Some of us went through a postgraduate type class at the University of Michigan during the summer of 1960, learning reactor theory and getting hands-on experience on the university’s reactor." Other workers took similar courses at a junior college. Some also went to training offered by General Electric in California and to Dresden Station Unit 1 and Yankee Rowe for additional experience.<BR/><BR/>Pat Donnelly, now on loan to the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, was named plant manager in 1993. He recalls, "When I came to the plant as an auxiliary operator in 1969, there were <B>49 people, one secretary, no copy machines</B> and no security</I><BR/><BR/>Security, safety and administation and a lot larger plants.bwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07541279438184352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555522.post-48255528991876230712007-11-15T03:40:00.000-08:002007-11-15T03:40:00.000-08:00Thanks for showing the numbers of workers currently at nuclear plants. <BR/><BR/>I don't really understand why nuclear plants need so many workers. I would think 40-50 people would be enough. I'm not sure what they are all doing, that can't just be automated.aanoreply@blogger.com