Nuclear Energy Jobs - Nuclear Jobs and Nuclear Power Companies

• Comanche Peak - A 2,300 megawatt nuclear plant located near Glen Rose, Texas, about 80 miles southwest of Dallas.
• Cook Energy Information Center - Providing information about the D.C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant along Lake Michigan's eastern shoreline.
• Cooper Nuclear Station - A few key facts about the Cooper Nuclear Station which is located in Brownville, Nebraska.
• Diablo Canyon - Official company site about this 2,190 megawatt PWR nuclear facility on California's central coast.
• Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant - Pictures of Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant located near San Luis Obispo, California. Unofficial site not sponsored by PG and E, featuring plant photos taken by a DCPP employee.
• Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant - Located near Baxley in southeastern Georgia, plant Hatch is one of Georgia Power's two nuclear facilities and is one of three nuclear facilities in the Southern electric system.
• Entergy Nuclear - Operates ten nuclear units at eight plant sites. Provide general information about the utilities, the company and the technology.
• How Stuff Works: Nuclear Power Plants - Illustrated tutorial about nuclear-powered electricity generation plants, with photos and animations.
• Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant - RBMK-1500 water-cooled graphite-moderated power plant located in Lithuania. Includes plant data and background information.
• Indian Point Energy Center - A source of information regarding the Indian Point nuclear facility in Buchanan, NY. Covers topics including plant safety, security, emergency planning and media information.
• Joseph M. Farley - Plant Farley is a 2-unit Westinghouse PWR facility which has been operating since 1977. The plant site is near Dothan in southeast Alabama.
• Maine Yankee - Maine Yankee, Maine's only nuclear power plant, closed in 1997 and is now beginning the process of decommissioning. It is located on Montsweag Bay in Wiscasset, Maine.
• Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Limited - NPCIL is an undertaking of the government of India, and has several nuclear power plants under construction.
• Nuclear Power Plant Demonstration - Interactive online demonstration: Play the role of a control-room operator at Sweden's Kärnobyl nuclear power plant, and try to keep the reactor running safely under various failure scenarios.
• Nuclear Power Plant Simulation - A nuclear power plant simulator game written in Flash 4. Learn the basics of how a nuclear power plant works and try your hand at operating the simulator.
• NukeWorker.com - A site by nuclear power plant workers, for nuclear power plant workers. Lots of information here that will be of interest to people in the industry.
• Oyster Creek - Located in Lacey Township, Ocean County, near the New Jersey Shore, with a single boiling water reactor which produces 636 megawatts.
• Palo Verde - Unofficial page regarding Arizona's Palo Verde nuclear generating station, written by a plant employee.
• San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station - San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) provides nearly 20 percent of the power to more than 15 million people in Southern California.
• South Texas Project - Two unit plant along the Colorado River near Bay City, Texas, which produces 2,500 megawatts of power.
• Wolf Creek Generating Station - Official web site of this Westinghouse four-loop PWR located near Burlington, Kansas.

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• Areva - Offers technological concepts and solutions for nuclear power generation and transmission. Includes group profile, financial and career related information. [English, French]
• Framatome ANP - Designer and manufacturer of pressurized and boiling water reactors, supplies uranium fuel assemblies, offers inspection, maintenance and consulting services to the nuclear industry.
• General Atomics (GA) - Offers research, development and consulting services to the nuclear industry, including nuclear energy production, defense and related applications.
• SGN - Specializes in nuclear engineering, fuel cycle facilities, radwaste management, decommissioning and dismantling. Includes organization charts, services, company and contacts information. [English, French]
• Westinghouse - Provides fuel, services and equipment for the nuclear industry. Includes company profile, location, product catalogue, news and contact information.
• Westinghouse Electric Company - Provides pressurized water reactor plant and equipment design, uranium fuel and consulting services to the nuclear industry.

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• Decay Heat in Nuclear Fuel - Collection publications, links and relevant technical information concerning the decay heat of irradiated nuclear fuel.
• Decay Heat in Nuclear Reactors - Scientific article about decay heat calculation in nuclear reactors. Addresses physical and mathematical background, principles, safety issues and standards. Includes free downloadable software.
• Plutonium Investigation - Information from the World Information Service on Energy (WISE) about energy systems and policy in the nuclear field. Includes information on plutonium and mixed-oxide (MOX) nuclear fuels. [English, French]
• USEC - Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant - Uranium enrichment facility near Paducah, Kentucky. Includes facts, plant overview and history, emergency guidelines and tour.
• USEC - Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant - Uranium enrichment facility near Portsmouth, Ohio. Includes facts, plant overview and history, emergency guidelines and tour.

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• About.com: Environmental Issues - Nuclear Power - Articles, links and discussions.
• Alliance for Nuclear Accountability - Cleaning up the legacy. Managing dangerous plutonium, nuclear fallout and other priority issues. (Requires free Acrobat Reader to view).
• The Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues - Provides a wide range of annotated references for the study of nuclear issues. Based at Washington and Lee University. Includes searchable database of books, articles, films, CD-ROMs, and websites.
• N-BASE Nuclear Information Service - Provides a database of newspaper references and publishes weekly briefings on the UK civil nuclear industry, reprocessing and plutonium production at Sellafield and Dounreay, nuclear transport, waste, pollution and other environmental and health issues. Nuclear mailing lists.
• Snap News Every Day - Snapshot of international news with a primary focus on geopolitical relationships. Featuring items covering nuclear developments and territorial disputes.
• Uranium and Nuclear Power Information Centre (UIC) - Extensive information on mining and nuclear electricity generation funded by companies involved in uranium exploration, mining and export in Australia.
• World Nuclear Transport Institute - WNTI promoting the safe, effiencent and reliable transport of radiaoctive materials. Site provides a generic look at the international transport of radioactive materials.
• Yggdrasil Institute: Uranium Enrichment Project - A project of Earth Island Institute which monitors the US uranium enrichment establishment. Information and current news about enrichment processes and facilities, and associated environmental and safety concerns.

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• Atomic Mirror Nuclear Atlas - Access to nuclear data and resources on civilian and military nuclear facilities, the nuclear industry, governmental policies, NGO and GO Internet sites.
• RadWaste.org - Guide to radioactive waste, nuclear and radiation related resources on the internet. Categorized directory with more than 1700 links.

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• DOEWatch - Daily mailing list on exploration of nuclear issues particularly around Oak Ridge, Tennessee and other U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sites. International news on related nuclear topics.
• Downwinders - Daily mailing list from downwinders - those exposed to radioactive fallout and other toxics from nuclear weapons testing, and other military facilities, and from nuclear waste sites in their region.
• Exchange Monitor Publications - News on nuclear weapons, materials, waste management, cleanup and international intelligence report.
• Know_Nukes - Discussion of nuclear related topics. Posting of articles, opinions, humor and scientific studies are encouraged, as are pro- and anti- viewpoints.
• NucNews - Daily news on nuclear weapons and waste, plutonium, uranium, radioactivity and what people are doing about them.
• Nukenet - Daily mailing list of announcements and news on anti-nuclear topics.
• rad-UK - List pertaining to the release of man-made ionizing radiation, particularly in the UK, but also elsewhere in the world.
• The Sunflower - Monthly e-newsletter providing educational information on nuclear weapons abolition and other issues relating to peace in the Nuclear Age. Info on related nuclear issues.

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• Biological Effects of UV Radiation from Radioisotopes - Research paper on emission of UV radiation from radioisotopes discovered recently by the author. Its biological effects, when administered in to the body as radiopharmaceutical was dealt with in this paper presented in 1999 at JNU, New Delhi.
• DOE Openness: Human Radiation Experiments - The Office of Human Radiation Experiments, established in March 1994, leads the Department of Energy's efforts to tell the agency's Cold War story of radiation research using human subjects. Identifies and catalogs relevant historical documents from records scattered across the country.
• Eneabba Walkabout - Problems with the technological enhancement of natural radioactivity and about 1,000 'radiation-related' links to about 170 countries
• Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation - A comprehensive report from the Canadian Environmental Advisory Council on the biological effects of radiation. Genetic damage, latency of cancer, units of exposure, biological effectiveness of radiation.
• Health Physics - Journal of the Health Physics Society. Provides abstracts and information about online subscription, services and author submission materials.
• How Stuff Works: Nuclear Radiation - Tutorial on ionizing radiation and how it affects all living organisms.
• Ionising Radiation and Health Risk Analysis - Simple to understand and user-friendly introduction to basic radiation concepts and health risk assessments.
• Ionizing Radiation Risks - Estimates of exposure to low-level ionizing radiation and related topics by Wolfgang Kohnlein.
• Ionizing Radiation Standards, Canadian Institute for National Measurement Standards - Conducts research and development on measurement of ionizing radiation and provides services such as calibrations, consultation and training to the medical, physics, cancer radiotherapy, radiation protection, international standards, and industrial communities.
• Low-dose Radiation Effects - Canadian Radiobiologist, Dr. Ron Mitchel, describes the latest scientific research showing how low doses of radiation can prevent cancer and birth defects.
• Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) - Official site for U.S. multi-agency (EPA, NRC, DOE) consensus document on planning, conducting, evaluating, and documenting environmental radiological surveys of surface soil and building surfaces for demonstrating compliance with regulations.
• Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) - Read or download this US government comprehensive resource on conducting radiation surveys and investigations at potentially contaminated sites.
• New Jersey State Radiation Protection Programs - Information on state radiological regulatory programs, radiation safety in medicine and the environment. Nuclear reactor safety in New Jersey and related topics.
• NEWNET: Neighborhood Environmental Watch Network - Access radiological and meteorological data from monitoring sites in New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Alaska, and Mississippi.
• Nick's World Collection of Radiation Links - Large collection of 'radiation-related' links (not all of them very radiation-related) from all over, organized by country. Also a technical paper on technological enhancement of natural radioactivity (TENORM).
• NukeWorker.com - Discussion, study materials, and employment information for workers in the nuclear power industry, primarily geared towards Health Physics Technician / Radiological Control Technicians (RCT).
• Radiation and Health Physics - Information and links from the University of Michigan health physics students.
• Radiation and Life - Short introduction to the subject.
• Radiation Effects Research Foundation - Private, nonprofit Japanese foundation, supported by the U.S. and Japan governments, that conducts research and studies on the effects of radiation exposure on humans with a view toward contributing to the maintenance of the health and welfare of atomic-bomb survivors and to the enhancement of the health of all people. Laboratories in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
• Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site - REAC/TS is part of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. Trains, consults, or assists in response to all types of radiation accidents or incidents. Provides guidance, resources and links.
• Radiation Information Network - Idaho State University site provides information on radiation and its effects and the professions of Radiation Protection.
• Radiation Safety Information Computational Center - The Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC) is a Specialized Information Analysis Center (SIAC) authorized to collect, analyze, maintain, and distribute computer software and data sets in the areas of radiation transport and safety.
• Radiation Safety Resources - Resources in health physics and radiation safety. Focus on radiation cleanup standards and risk of low level radiation.
• Radnet - Information about past releases and dispersion of radionuclides in the biosphere.
• Technologically-Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM) - Extensive source of information on natural radioactivity in the environment, as well as on issues related to NORM waste materials.
• University of Illinois Radiation Safety - Provides resources, training information, faqs and online safety manual.
• U.S. EPA Radiation Protection Division - Information and educational materials. About radiological topics in general, plus EPA's activities in protecting the public and the environment from exposure, cleaning up radioactively contaminated sites, and participating in radiological emergency preparedness and response.
• U.S. NRC Radiation Protection - Nuclear Regulatory Commission information on health physics topics, dose standards and emergency response.
• U.S. Solar Radiation Resource Maps - Features maps which show general trends in the amount of solar radiation received in the United States and its territories. Viewable by data type, by month, or by instrument orientation.
• Useful Radiation Safety Sites and References - Directory of websites with information on radiation safety, (both ionizing and non-ionising); advice on radiation protection; and links to UK legislation.