Reactor driver

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View into the control room of a nuclear power plant

The reactor driver (in Switzerland: reactor operator ) is a job in a nuclear power plant .

A reactor driver's workplace is the control room , from where he monitors and controls all processes in the nuclear part of the power plant, for example the position of the control rods . His counterpart is the control room driver who is responsible for the non-nuclear part.

Training in Germany

The training lasts three to four years. It includes participation in a training session in a power plant simulator , in Germany there is one in Essen-Kupferdreh , in Switzerland at the Paul Scherrer Institute and in Austria in the Zwentendorf nuclear power plant . Continuous further training is compulsory even after completing the training. A reactor driver with many years of professional experience can be promoted to shift supervisor. He is then responsible for the entire system. In everyday language, the shift supervisor is often equated with the power plant director, but this is incorrect because the latter is more involved in commercial activities.

In rare cases, reactor drivers are also used to monitor Castor transports .

Training in Switzerland

Prospective reactor operators are trained in the reactor school of the Paul Scherrer Institute. In the Reactor School is a Higher Technical School of Engineering, that is a, albeit very specific, technical school . The duration of the training varies depending on the previous education.

The technician course lasts 59 weeks and is divided into two semesters.

The training also contains system-specific components, which means that it only applies to the respective power plant.

Training opportunities

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Job description of the reactor driver on salary comparison.com
  2. ↑ http://rs.web.psi.ch/Lehrplan%20T-40.pdf

Web links

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