This occupation is discovered within the engineering sector, within the business nuclear energy trade and inside the Ministry of Defence Royal Navy submarine fleet. Nuclear energy in the UK (UK) generates round one fifth of the nation’s electrical energy. The UK at the moment has 15 operational business nuclear reactors at seven crops, 14 superior gas-cooled reactors (AGR) and one pressurised water reactor (PWR). Reactor desk engineers are based mostly inside the principle management room of a nuclear facility or the manoeuvring room in a nuclear submarine setting. The demand for this function is growing with the arrival of recent nuclear construct and growing applied sciences.
The broad objective of the occupation is to function, monitor and management the nuclear reactor and related tools in regular operational mode, in addition to irregular situations. They train this management throughout incident eventualities. This consists of emergencies, equivalent to system failures, safety threats, hearth or exterior occasions that will affect well being & security. The reactor desk engineer is the human interface between the reactor instrumentation and management programs and all personnel engaged on or interacting with these related programs. They begin up and shut down the nuclear reactor, observe system traits, management and monitor routine operation and upkeep actions and decide applicable corrective motion. They could take direct motion from the management room/manoeuvring room itself or instruct operations and/or upkeep groups to take motion. They be sure that all related operational parameters are logged and handed over to the incoming shift staff, in a concise and simple to grasp method.
To hold out these duties, they need to perceive and apply complicated engineering working procedures. The function requires a excessive degree of professionalism, the flexibility to work together with individuals in any respect ranges within the organisation and to function underneath strain on their very own.
Of their day by day work, an worker on this occupation interacts with different members of their shift staff. They report on to the management room/manoeuvring room supervisor and liaise with different members of the operations staff such because the technicians and operations engineers exterior the management room/manoeuvring room. They work together with the outgoing and incoming shift staff as a part of the handover exercise.
In an influence station setting, they exert management and direct personnel concerned with actions on the plant which affect on security. The reactor desk engineer has general management over upkeep groups, operations technicians and programs engineers engaged on the plant in all modes of operation (regular, irregular and fault modes). In emergency conditions, the reactor desk engineer interacts with the emergency companies and the on web site emergency groups that reply as a part of the emergency preparations for his or her web site, by way of the management room supervisor.
Within the defence sector this function is extra focussed on the system operation/management. In irregular and fault situations, the reactor operator will work together with the obligation engineer or manoeuvring room supervisor.. An worker on this occupation will likely be chargeable for the operation of a nuclear reactor, as a duly authorised individual, in accordance with the nuclear regulatory laws for the management and supervision of operations. They’re finally chargeable for the protection of people, the setting and operational belongings. They have to obtain and keep competency in accordance with nuclear rules.
The function requires the suitable degree of safety clearances/vetting to work inside the nuclear trade.
Assistant engineer operations
Essential management desk operator
Reactor desk engineer
Reactor operator
Reactor panel operator
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Data
K1: Nuclear trade regulatory framework. For instance: Nuclear Installations Act 1965 and 1969.
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K2: Nuclear reactor failure modes and potential penalties. For instance: gas pin failure and radiological launch to environment.
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K3: Management panel indications and management loop standing for various modes of reactor operation, for instance: begin up, regular state and shut down.
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K4: Hazards affecting reactor management and operation. For instance: Lack of computerized management or exterior elements equivalent to flooding chilly climate, lack of grid. The rules ALARP (as little as moderately practicable) and BAT (finest out there methods).
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K5: Rules of deterministic fault evaluation and probabilistic threat evaluation.
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K6: Rules and utility of radiological safety; together with time, distance, shielding, results of publicity on human well being, for instance non-stochastic results and the setting.
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K7: Basic engineering arithmetic equivalent to scientific notation, unit conversion, graphs and exponential capabilities and charge ideas utilized to radioactive decay and course of controls.
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K8: Reactor physics, the neutron lifecycle and design of reactor programs.
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K9: Nuclear physics and reactor concept rules for energy reactors.
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K10: Thermal hydraulics and Thermal Dynamics together with multiphase warmth switch, suggestions coefficients, the coupling between reactor physics and thermal hydraulics.
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K11: Reactor supplies together with properties and choice standards of reactor supplies; the mechanisms of corrosion and degradation and the results of irradiation on supplies together with gas.
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K12: Chemistry together with key capabilities of chemistry controls to take care of the integrity of supplies on each major and secondary circuits.
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K13: Interdependencies of reactor physics, reactor supplies, chemistry and thermal hydraulics on the design and operation of reactor programs.
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K14: Key elements utilized in typical plant and reactor programs, for instance valves, pumps, warmth exchangers.
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K15: The working rules and utility {of electrical} elements. For instance: isolators, circuit breakers, motors, mills and protecting gadgets.
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K16: Symbols utilized in engineering drawings, diagrams, schematics and their utility within the efficiency of licensed duties.
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K17: The working rules of fundamental sensors, devices, and management programs utilized in plant programs; making certain the accuracy of instrumentation, and calibration frequencies.
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K18: Design of main plant programs equivalent to feed water, steam programs, reactor help programs, decay warmth elimination programs, emergency injection programs and long run cooling programs. Basic plant working rules, together with start-up of a major steam turbine.
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K19: Working License and Technical Procedures that outline the working parameters for the plant.
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K20: Error prevention methods that help protected, dependable operation, for instance Cease, Assume, Act Assessment (STAR) and Peer Checking.
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K21: Multi-disciplined staff working, battle administration, error possible conditions and interactions with different staff members of various persona sorts.
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K22: Documentation for instance departmental insurance policies and directives, regular and irregular working procedures, surveillance procedures and emergency planning procedures.
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K23: Fireplace safety and fire-fighting procedures (programs and methods).
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K24: Working expertise of key nuclear trade occasions equivalent to Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukishima, and occasions exterior the nuclear trade equivalent to Challenger House Shuttle, US Airways, Nimrod, Piper Alpha, and relating these to the teachings learnt equivalent to organisational weaknesses and plant design.
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Expertise
S1: Following operational and upkeep procedures; sustaining compliance with technical specs.
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S2: Making suggestions utilising technical data. For instance: modifications to system and element design all through the reactor lifecycle.
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S3: Monitoring and evaluating plant situations underneath completely different modes of operation, for instance shut down, begin up, irregular, fault, emergency and demanding regular state operations.
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S4: Speaking verbally – head to head and by way of radio. For instance: utilizing error prevention methods equivalent to 3 method communications and use of phonetic alphabet.
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S5: Evaluating pre-defined calculations for reactor physics and thermal hydraulics. Taking motion to take care of compliance with technical procedures.
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S6: Directing individuals and operations, exercising authority.
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S7: Utilizing error prevention methods, equivalent to STAR and peer checking, procedural use and adherence, briefing, flagging.
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S8: Validating plant system data by utilizing a number of sources, equivalent to information processing programs, laborious wired indications and feed-back from plant operatives.
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S9: Analysing data, equivalent to plant data and traits in information.
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S10: Working the panel controls to transition between handbook, start-up and/or computerized modes of operation.
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S11: Responding to irregular occasions and/or alarms.
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S12: Evaluating the effectiveness of corrective actions and their affect.
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S13: Utilizing IT functions. For instance: phrase, e mail, plant computing and management programs.
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S14: Speaking – written. For instance handover logs, situation stories and e mail.
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S15: Time administration. For instance planning and scheduling work.
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Behaviours
B1: Skilled. For instance, dependable, integrity, well mannered and courteous.
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B2: Group participant. For instance takes account of affect of personal work on others, helps and helps colleagues.
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B3: Dedicated to non-public improvement, studying and self- enchancment. For instance: open to suggestions and takes accountability to figuring out studying alternatives.
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B4: Dedicated to security. For instance: leads by instance, demonstrates seen proactive strategy to security, challenges unsafe behaviours and understanding of the results as set out within the nuclear trade necessities.
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B5: Takes accountability for personal actions, for instance making certain all guidelines procedures and rules forsafe dependable operation are complied with.
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B6: Dedicated to sustainability and minimising environmental affect.
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B7: Advocate for the nuclear trade. For instance, presents constructive arguments, challenges misconceptions.
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B8: Adaptable. For instance modifications model or strategy depending on scenario, circumstances and setting.
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